Typhoon in Philippines capsizes 100s of passengers in a ferry

Typhoon Fengshen hit parts of Philippines on Sunday. The coverage areas are from the center to the south of the Philippines. Each year, about 20 typhoons slam into the Philippines, an archipelago that faces the Pacific and is in the natural path of typhoons. A passenger ferry MV Princess of the Stars was met with the typhoon on Saturday. Local officials feared that the death toll can rise to the 10 of thousands of people remained abandoned on the roofs of the houses become immersed with water.
Sources: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/22/philippines.naturaldisasters
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/22/asia/typhoon.php

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