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A new tropical storm entered the Philippines on Sunday as emergency teams rushed more relief supplies to over 5 million people affected by severe tropical storm Trami, which left 90 people dead, the national disaster agency said. Thirty-six people were reported missing, and over 560,000 were forced to flee their homes as Trami’s heavy rains triggered widespread floods and massive landslides in the Philippines. “The death toll is increasing fast because reports are now coming in,” said Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno, executive director of the national disaster agency. Most of the victims died …

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