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Flash floods kill more than 400 in Philippines (AP)


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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111217/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111216/capt.41482299e18a4c8796c9f4ef7306c5c2-41482299e18a4c8796c9f4ef7306c5c2-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=65c8ma4rhpmbCcENMoAYfQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A resident wades through a flooded street with an electric fan following a flash flood that inundated Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. A tropical storm triggered flash floods in the southern Philippines, killing scores of people and missing more. Mayor Lawrence Cruz of nearby Iligan said the coast guard and other rescuers were scouring the waters off his coastal city for survivors or bodies that may have been swept to the sea by a swollen river. (AP Photo/Froilan Gallardo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Flash floods devastated a southern Philippines region unaccustomed to serious storms, killing more than 400 people while they slept, rousting hundreds of others to their rooftops and turning two coastal cities into muddy, debris-filled waterways that were strewn Saturday with overturned vehicles and toppled trees.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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