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    June 29, 2011

25 Killed Southern Philippines Flooding

   VOA News
   People look at bodies of flash floods victims in Davao city in southern
   Philippines June 29, 2011. Photo: Reuters
   People look at bodies of flash floods victims in Davao city in southern
   Philippines June 29, 2011.

   Philippine authorities say flash flooding on the southern island of
   Mindanao has killed at least 25 people, many of them children washed
   away from their homes during the night.
   Fifteen others in Davao City were reported missing Wednesday. Rivers in
   the city of 1.4 million residents, swollen by torrential rains,
   inundated residential areas.
   Emergency officials say floodwaters in the city rose three meters in
   just three hours overnight, forcing 10,000 families to move to higher
   ground.

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