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THE PHILIPPINES: Massive cleanup begins after deadly typhoon

By Alexandra Zaviswriter 
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Emergency workers and residents in the northern Philippines scrambled Wednesday to reach stranded villagers and repair damage from a deadly typhoon, as forecasters warned that another tropical storm was headed for the main island.

Typhoon Nesat, known locally as Pedring, brought massive flooding, high winds and landslides that killed at least 21 people before heading back out to sea early Wednesday toward southern China, according to news reports. (See photos of the devastation.)

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At least 35 people were missing, scores were stranded and tens of thousands remained in evacuation centers in the capital, Manila, and low-lying parts of Luzon island, the country’s disaster agency said.

“Many people here are still on top of their houses. We don’t have enough boats to reach them and hand them food,” Mayor Santiago Austria of the rice-farming town of Jaen in Nueva Ecija province told the Associated Press.

As floodwaters started to recede in most areas, forecasters said another storm was brewing in the Pacific and was expected to pick up strength as it approached Luzon.

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-- Alexandra Zavis in Los Angeles

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Alexandra Zavis

Alexandra Zavis is a former writer and editor on the Los Angeles Times’ Foreign Desk who has reported from more than 40 countries. She spent a decade with the Associated Press, covering Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, among other war-torn places. After joining The Times in 2006, she has served as a Baghdad correspondent and as a California reporter covering poverty and veterans issues. She is a recipient of the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Arthur Ross Award for distinguished reporting on foreign affairs and was part of teams of reporters awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for foreign correspondence and APME’s International Perspective Award. She is a graduate of Oxford University and City University in London.

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