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Philippines Floods Claim 13 Lives | Toronto News
Heavy rains drenched the northern Philippines for nine straight days, triggering deadly floods and landslides that claimed at least thirteen lives. Schools and government offices shut down across Luzon as Manila’s streets turned into rivers. In Baguio, a mountain collapse crushed homes and killed four, with six still missing — while the town recorded over fifty-six inches of rain in just nine August days. Elsewhere, disasters included drownings, tree falls, and electrocutions. Though floodwaters began to recede Monday evening, officials warn decades of neglected flood control systems —…
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