Flash Floods Kill More Than a Thousand in Southern Philippines

Flash Floods in Southern Philippines
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Perished
A girl walks through a landfill in Cagayan De Oro, where Philippine forensics teams have been examining corpses of unidentified bodies, on Dec. 21, 2011. Survivors of flash floods face a growing threat of disease including cholera and typhoid, officials warned.

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