1.10.09

Typhoon Ketsana blasts Cambodia

The powerful typhoon that has hit the Philippines and Vietnam with deadly force is now battering Cambodia.
At least nine people have died in Kampong Thom province in central Cambodia.
When Typhoon Ketsana hit Vietnam, more than 30 people were killed and almost 200,000 people fled their homes; severe flooding remains in central provinces.
In the Philippines, where the typhoon hit over the weekend, at least 246 people are known to have died.
Relief officials in the Philippines, struggling to feed and shelter hundreds of thousands of displaced people, admit they have been overwhelmed by the disaster.
They warn that new storms are heading towards the country.

more detail:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8281950.stm

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