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477 dead as homeless swell after Philippine typhoon.(click here)

Updated: 2012-12-07

By Jason Gutierrez in New Bataan, Philippines (Agencies/China Daily)

A quarter million people were homeless and 477 confirmed dead after the Philippines' worst typhoon this year, officials said on Thursday.

Typhoon Bopha ploughed across Mindanao Island on Tuesday, flattening whole towns in its path as hurricane-force winds brought torrential rain that triggered a deadly combination of floods and landslides....