Christmas Day fury: Typhoon Nock-Ten batters Philippines
Typhoon Nock Ten batters Philippines on Christmas day.
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The powerful typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines on Christmas Day, spoiling the biggest holiday in Asia’s largest Catholic nation but weakened slightly on Monday as it roared toward a congested region near the country’s capital. (AP)
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Typhoon Nock-Ten is known locally as Nina. The tropical storm left people without power as fierce winds knocked out electricity for lots of people in different parts of the Philippines.(AP Photo)
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The tropical storm dampened the Christmas spirit as over 300,000 people in the country spent their Christmas in emergency shelters (AP Photo)
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Officials said that Typhoon Nock-Ten had led to power crisis in five provinces as well as displacing thousands of villagers and travelers in Asia’s Catholic bastion.(AP Photo)
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11,476 passengers, more than 1,000 cargo ships and over a dozen other vessels were stranded in various ports in the region, the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on Sunday.(AP Photo)
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Three people were reported killed in Albay province, south-east of Manila.(AP Photo)
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