MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters and dodged flying debris Tuesday as a powerful typhoon struck the Philippines, killing at least 16 people and sending waves as tall as palm trees crashing over seawalls....
Typhoon Rains Flood Philippine Capital, Kill 16
By HRVOJE HRANJSKI and JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press
Tue, 09/27/2011 - 9:21am
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