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Philippines (the):Landslide:2003/12/20

Duration	2003/12/20	Some 200 people may have died in the central Philippines, in two landslides triggered by six days of heavy rains in the Philippines.
Country or District	Philippines (the)
Name	Landslide

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
OCHA Situation Report 2003/12/22
Death: 94 people Injured: 50 people Missing:93 people Affected: 97,467 persons (provinces of Bohol, Southern Leyte, Misamis Oriental, Compostela Valley, Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Surigao de Norte) Evacuated: over 9,500 people

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Report/Articles OCHA Situation Report 2003/12/22 The government puts the number of dead at 94, the injured at 50, and the missing at 93. CNN News 2003/12/23 The death toll from a series of mudslides and flooding in the Philippines has climbed to more than 200. CNN News 2003/12/21 At least 80 people are dead and 120 are missing from landslides in the central and southern Philippines. Manila Times 2003/12/21 Landslides triggered by three days of downpour killed at least 33 people in the Visayas and Southern Mindanao. Reuters Alertnet 2003/12/20 Philippine landslides death toll seen topping 100 CNN NEWS 2003/12/20 80 houses were destroyed, and dozens of people were injured and the death toll was expected to rise.

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