<rss><channel><item><title>Philippines raises storm toll to 57</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-7EZC78?OpenDocument</link><description>MANILA, May 26, 2008 (AFP) - The death toll from a tropical storm that ravaged the northern Philippines last week has risen to 57, with belated reports of 13 more deaths, the civil defence office said Monday. At least 29 people were also injured by tropical storm Halong, which caused widespread....</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T12:50+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-8c8c84b0c7da6a52ae3573aa216e8d22</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Philippines storm toll rises to 44, eight more missing: official</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EW3XQ?OpenDocument</link><description>MANILA, May 22, 2008 (AFP) - The death toll from a tropical storm that swept through the northern Philippines has risen to 44 with eight others believed killed at sea, authorities said Thursday. 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The damage to property has risen to more than 3.743 billion pesos (87 million U.S.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:41+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-73571bd6d61654c7ddc7a27556b9350c</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Agriculture</category></item><item><title>44 left dead by tropical storm "Halong" in Philippines</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6416464.html</link><description>The death toll from tropical storm "Halong" reached 44 in the Philippines till Thursday morning as it has left the archipelago, the country's national disaster relief agency said. 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Most of the victims were hit by iron sheets or falling debris blown off houses after Tropical Storm Halong made landfall Saturday in Pangasinan province, northwest of Manila.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T12:40+0200</pubDate><source>angolapress-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>angolapress-en-d9eaf7b881d08206274d004cfa014b0a</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Storm death toll hits 37 in the Philippines: official</title><link>http://www.b92.net//eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2008&amp;mm=05&amp;dd=21&amp;nav_id=50411</link><description>The death toll from a tropical storm that swept through the northern Philippines has risen sharply to 37 after victims were discovered. Twenty four people have been discovered dead, mostly in remote Pangasinan province, where villages were found submerged in flood waters and roofs blown off houses by tropical storm Halong.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T10:29+0200</pubDate><source>b92net_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>b92net_en-d51b48e799a09bf2cbb115ed4700b680</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Death toll from tropical storm "Halong" rises to 37 in Philippines</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6415392.html</link><description>The death toll of the tropical storm "Halong" in the Philippines has risen to 37 as situation reports from the affected provinces started to arrive, said the National Disaster Coordination Council (NDCC) on Wednesday. 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