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MANILA, NOV. 30. The death toll from the typhoon in the eastern Philippines jumped to nearly 350 with 150 others missing today, most of them from a region still reeling from last week's deadly storm. The Social Welfare Secretary, Corazon Soliman, said 316 persons were killed and 150 missing in Quezon province, about 70 km east of Manila. The Office of Civil Defence reported 19 were killed in Aurora province, eight in Rizal province, and one each in the Manila suburb of Marikina and Camarines Norte province. Other officials reported three died in Bulacan province north of Manila.
Rescue mission on
Ms. Soliman told ABS-CBN television that bad weather and roads blocked by landslips and submerged in flood waters prevented authorities from delivering relief supplies and rescuing people on rooftops. Helicopters had to drop food packs to those on rooftops because there was no place to land, she said.
Town under water
Officials were arranging for a coast guard boat to reach the three Quezon towns facing the Pacific Ocean, from where a new typhoon was approaching. Reuben Sindac, police intelligence chief in Quezon, quoted a colleague as saying he saw 10-20 bodies floating in the floodwaters. He said police communications equipment and vehicles in Infanta were damaged and the whole town was underwater. An air force spokesman said that stricken towns in Quezon were inaccessible after swollen rivers washed away bridges and uprooted trees. A coast guard helicopter flew 12 persons who were injured in the Quezon landslides to Manila for treatment, most with fractures and some in critical condition.
AP
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