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Philippine Floods Leave 185 DeadMANILA, The Philippines (AP) — Red Cross officials and Philippine police reported 185persons killed and 800.000homeless today after nine days of rain, wind and floods unleashed by Typhoon Olga.Sun broke through on floodravaged central Luzon for the first time since rain began, showing what the Red Cross called “the extent of human suffering and destruction” caused by the typhoon.President Ferdinand E. Marcos was among those making aerial surveys of the area.The Red Cross listed 175 dead The Philippine news agency,quoting local police, reported 10 more persons, all students, were buried alive by a landslide in Nueva Vizcaya Province, bringing the total reported deadto 185.The widespread flooding hit27 provinces and cities, including metropolitan Manila.“The floodwaters are receding very, very slowly,” said a spokesman of the National Disaster Control Center — NDCC — ...It may take four or five days before the floods recede. ”The Red Cross said nearly 800,000 persons have been driven from their homes. Many areas, particularly in Nueva Vizcaya. Pangasinan and Pampanga. where at least 10 towns were reported to be from 20 to 24 feet under water,remained closed to highway traffic carrying relief goods The NDCC said despite theweakening of the typhoon into a storm, which was now in theSouth China Sea, heavv rains▼ ^continued in Pangasinan Province early today, prompting Marcos to order “massive relief and rescue oporations.”
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Oxnard Press Courier
Oxnard, California, US
Fri, May 28, 1976
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