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Sorsogon in Bicol was hit by the recent Typhoon Dante which left 26 people dead, 20 of them residents of Sorsogon City. The vicious storm caused the displacement of 43,215 families numbering about 235,887 people living in 220 villlages.

According the National Disaster Coordinating council (NDCC,) 174 evacuation centers were set up. Heavy rain, flood and strong wind destroyed homes and agricultural crops amounting to about P200 million. Sorsogon City, located in the southern part of Luzon, declared a state of calamity. Landslides resulted to the deaths of about a dozen people with others still missing. (Photo Credit: Kevulike)=0=

RELATED BLOG: "Tropical depression ”Dante” brings death and destruction to Bicol Posted by mesiamd at 5/03/2009"


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