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The death toll from floods, landslides and other accidents caused by Typhoon Gaemi in the Philippines has risen to 33, police said on Friday, with eight people confirmed dead in Taiwan. The victims in the Philippines include 11 people who died from drowning or electrocution in the capital Manila, which was struck by one of the worst floods in more than a decade. In some areas, flood waters reached up to rooftops, forcing residents to evacuate and submerging vehicles. Main roads were impassable at the height of the flooding on Wednesday, and almost half a million residents in metro Manila were …

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