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The Promised Land A flood of Biblical proportions brings down death and destruction upon a shantytown. Reuters, Jul 11, 2000 |
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"I had been looking for them," wept Balbuena's husband as he identified the bodies of his wife and son. "Last night I prayed I will find them, but now they are gone." Relief officer Adela Pamat told Reuters: "Up to yesterday afternoon, we could still hear voices from below calling for help, but last night we could no longer hear them. ... About 100 people were also injured when a one-hectare (2.4-acre) section of the 10-hectare garbage dump in the Manila suburb of Quezon City crumbled after being pounded for days by typhoon Kai-Tak. More than 100 squatter huts at the base of the massive dump, which towers over the shantytown like a volcano, were crushed in the avalanche of rubbish and mud.... | |||
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