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Urgent: Death toll from Philippine tropical storm rises to 200: police

Xinhua,December 24, 2017 Adjust font size:

MANILA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from mudslides and flooding triggered by tropical storm Tembin has risen to 200, police said here late Saturday night.

Tembin has been pounding the southern Philippines and dumping torrential rains in its way since early Friday. Enditem