File photo shows downtown Manila shrouded in cloud and haze during bad weather in October. A powerful typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines Monday, prompting authorities to order the immediate

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File photo shows downtown Manila shrouded in cloud and haze during bad weather in October. A powerful typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines Monday, prompting authorities to order the immediate evacuation of thousands of people from coastal and low-lying areas, officials said.

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