Philippines typhoon death toll 'likely to hit 1,500'
- Published: 22 Dec 2012 at 15.46
- Online news: Asia
The death toll from a typhoon that devastated the Philippines earlier this month will likely hit 1,500, making it the second deadliest since the country began keeping records, the civil defence chief said on Saturday.
This file photo shows soldiers unloading a body bag containing a victim of a flash flood caused by Typhoon Bopha near the municipal hall in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, on December 8, 2012. The death toll from the typhoon that devastated the Philippines earlier this month will likely hit 1,500, making it the second deadliest since the country began keeping records.
Benito Ramos said that so far they had counted 1,067 dead with more than 800 still missing after Typhoon Bopha hit the southern island of Mindanao on December 4.
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