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Typhoon Kills Dozens; Philippines Searches for Reasons

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After a super-typhoon killed 6,200 people five years ago, Filipinos figured the experience had taught their country a lesson. Pre-storm warnings and disaster responses should improve, then-president Benigno Aquino said. This month another super-typhoon killed at least 74 when it set off landslides in the Philippine central mountain range. Now officials are looking for ways to improve once again as they eye illegal mining and a glitch in the evacuation system as underlying causes of the...

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