Evacuations as new typhoon threatens Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Police went door-to-door urging residents to leave landslide-ravaged areas of the northern Philippines on Saturday in a "pre-emptive evacuation" as a new typhoon loomed after recent back-to-back storms killed more than 750 people, officials said. Forecasters said Typhoon Lupit - the Filipino word for cruel- had intensified overnight and by late Saturday was packing winds of 87 mile per hour (140 kilometer per hour) and gusts of up to 106 mph (170 kph). The Philippines is still...

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