Grim hunt for hundreds killed in Philippine typhoon


  • World
  • Saturday, 02 Dec 2006

DARAGA, Philippines (Reuters) - Distraught survivors searched piles of bodies for the faces of their loved ones in the central Philippines on Saturday after landslides triggered by Typhoon Durian left hundreds dead. 

Durian moved into the South China Sea on Friday after affecting 800,000 people in the Philippines and was expected to weaken into a tropical storm before hitting Vietnam on Monday. 

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