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December 26, 2019

At Least 21 Killed as Typhoon Phanfone Slams into the Philippines
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In the Philippines, at least 21 people were killed, and many more are
missing, after Typhoon Phanfone slammed into several central islands on
Christmas Day. The typhoon descended on the Philippines with winds of up
to 118 miles per hour, destroying homes, flooding towns and forcing
people to evacuate. Increasingly deadly typhoons have been linked to
climate change, and the Philippines is one of the countries most
affected by climate-related disasters, second only to Japan.


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