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Apr
Death Toll From Philippines Landslides, Floods Rises To 58 The death toll from landslides and floods in the Philippines rose to 58 on Wednesday, official tallies showed, as rescuers dug up more bodies with their bare hands in villages crushed by rain-induced avalanches.Most of the deaths from tropical storm Megi — the strongest to hit the disaster-prone archipelago this year — were in the central province of Leyte, where a series of landslides devastated communities. At least 47 people died and 27 were missing after waves of sodden soil smashed into farming settlements around Baybay City over the…