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Typhoon Morakot whips East Asia
(Agencies/Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-07 16:05

Typhoon Morakot whips East Asia

A Philippine Air Force rescue helicopter hoists up a stranded resident from her house during heavy flooding after a dike collapsed at the height of typhoon Morakot in Botolan town in northern Philippines August 7, 2009. [Agencies]