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Typhoons slam South Pacific islands causing heavy flooding, 22 deaths»• iThere were no immediate reports of casualties from Pamela, which killed. 10 persons when it hit the Caroline islands three days ago.About 1,500 miles west, a second typhoon — Olga — hit the island of Luzon in thePhilippines. Flash floods from Olga already have killed 22hour —slowed its- forward progress to about six miles per hour as it approached thepeanut shaped, 30-mile long island from the southeast,according to the weather bureau.The storm dumped heavyrains along coastal areas,uprooted trees, and threatened Guam's million-dollar vegetableAGANA, Guam lt;UP1 — Typhoon Pamela raked the American island of Guam with 150-mile-an-hour winds today, churning up 10-fool waves that swept ashore and cut the island’s main highway to the south.Authorities said at least 30,000 persons — one third of the island’s population — were stranded in the southern portion when the highway was washed out.persons.In Guam, Typhoon Pamela — with gusts up to 190 miles percrop.Whipping into a supertyphoon as it rolled across the ‘ Pacific, Pamela hit Truk in the western Caroline islands 600 miles southeast of Guam Tuesday, touching off mudslides that killed at least 10 persons.Military and civilian authorities in Guam ordered residents to move -into typhoon shelters and police were ordered to abandon their patrols and take cover.In the Philippines, Typhoon Olga, with.winds of 87 miles an hour, hit 11 provinces as itroared inland today.Olga dumped more than 16 inches of rain on Manila in the last two days, producing flash floods that drove more than 20,000 . persons from their homes.Sixteen of the storm's 22 victims died in the rising waters. Two light aircraft with 12 persons aboard were missing.
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Fri, May 21, 1976
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