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Typhoon heading toward JapaneseTOKYO (AP) — Typhoon Pamela headed toward Japan today with undiminished power after battering Guam with multimillion-dollar destruction, the meteorological agency said.Pamela was 180 miles southwest of Iwo Jima and about 700 miles south of Japan, with top winds of 110 miles an hour and moving north at 12 miles an hour, the agency said. It had a 400-mile storm radius.The agency said it could not predict yet whether the typhoon would approach Honshu, Japan’s main island, but it was likely huge waves and heavy rains would begin lashing Honshu’s Pacific coast by Wednesday.The typhoon struck Guam on Friday, killing five people and damaging 70 per cent of the structures on the island, Guam was declared a disaster area Saturday.Typhoon Olga was downgraded to the force of a tropical storm butlingered over Luzon Island in thei Philippines, Floods developed in thei central part of the island, the eoun-: try’s richest rice region. President; Ferdinand E. Marcos ordered the; armed forces to form rescue units,; and the Red Cross said at least 100,000; persons were affected. ;At least 19 towns in the central provinces of Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tariac were reported under water. But there were no reports ofnew casualties. ;Olga struck the Philippines with typhoon force last Wednesday, causing some of the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila in 30 years. Marcos said the floods there should recede sufficiently to permit government and private business offices to reopen Tuesday.The Philippine government reported 47 dead from drowning, electrocution, plane crashes and roadaccidents attributed to the typhoon.
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