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Sunday, December 9, 2012

PHILIPPINES | More than five million homeless They rise to 546 dead and 500 missing after Typhoon 'Bopha'


The death toll for the passage of devastating Typhoon Bopha 'in the Philippines has now risen to 546, while 500 people are still missing. At the risk of epidemics is considering setting up mass graves for unidentified bodies, said Army Gen. Ariel Bernardo. "The stench is getting stronger, "said Bernardo, who runs an army division in charge of search and rescue operations in Compostela Valley in Mindanao. 'Bopha' passed Tuesday by the southern island of Mindanao. And Army authorities have recovered 546 bodies and more than 500 people are still missing, so the figure is expected to increase further. " Half of the missing could be dead, "said Arturo Uy, governor of Compostela Valley.Only part of the dead have been identified so far. President Benigno Aquino III declared a state of national disaster at the seriousness of the damage and said that will release funds for relief and reconstruction, while reiterating its call for international aidNearly 300,000 people in Mindanao depend on aid and had to be evacuated. More than 10,000 homes were destroyed and more than five million homeless.

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