Philippine rescuers race to help typhoon-hit towns


  • World
  • Tuesday, 13 Aug 2013

MANILA (AFP) - Philippine rescuers cleared landslide-choked roads on Tuesday in an effort to reach isolated villages that were devastated by deadly Typhoon Utor, which left tens of thousands of people homeless.

The government reported that two people had been confirmed killed and 11 others were missing after Utor, the strongest storm this year, swept across the north of the country on Monday.

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