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Super Typhoon Man-yi death toll rises to 9 in Philippines

Manila, Nov. 20 (UNI) The death toll from Super Typhoon Man-yi that hit the Philippines over the weekend has risen to nine, the Philippines' Department of National Defense said Wednesday.
Office of Civil Defense Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno said the number of deaths could have been higher if not for the government's imposition of forced evacuation of villagers in disaster-prone areas before Man-yi struck.
Nepomuceno noted that Catanduanes, an island province in Bicol region, southeast of Manila, was particularly hit hard by Man-yi, with around 4,000 houses damaged, 500 of which were completely destroyed.
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