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Philippines battered by typhoon and earthquake

by IBNS 26 Dec 2016, 08:59 am

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Manila/New Delhi, Dec 26 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.2 on Richter scale hit the Philippines coast in the wee hours of Mondaymorning while Powerful typhoon Nock-Tencontinues to batter the nation, according to media sources.

 
Super typhoon Nock-Ten, known locally as Typhoon Nina, struck central Philippines, killing at least four people and cutting off power, local media reported.
 
The typhoon reached maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour and gusts of up to 255 kilometres as it made landfall, local weather officials and radio reports stated.
 
Civil defence officials have been put on "red alert", as the storm is due to hit the city later on Monday, reported the BBC.
 
The storm has weakened since making landfall on the eastern coast on Sunday, but it still packs winds up to 140 km/h (87mph), meteorologists were quoted by the BBC as saying.

 

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