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Tropical Storm Aere Pounds Philippines, Takes Aim at Taiwan

   VOA News  May 09, 2011
   A highway patrol officer directs the traffic as motorists negotiate a
   flooded portion of a highway at suburban Makati city, east of Manila,
   in the Philippines, May 8, 2011

Photo: AP

   Tropical Storm Aere continued its deadly path across the northern
   Philippines Monday on a course that could take it to Taiwan later in
   the week.
   Philippine officials warned residents to avoid areas prone to flooding
   and mudslides on northern Luzon island. At least 11 people have died
   and 100,000 have been displaced since the season's first tropical storm
   struck eastern Catanduanes province early Sunday.
   In Taiwan, the central weather bureau issued a sea warning Monday,
   saying the storm could bring torrential rains to the island's eastern
   and southern areas.

   Officials are hoping the storm will bring some relief from a drought
   that has been described as a crisis by President Ma Ying-jeou.

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