![IMAGE: Villagers look for their missing relatives among the bodies of flash flood victims lying on the ground after Typhoon Bopha hit New Bataan.]({"default":"http://col.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/A5/90223EC3F10553DD3C7686D6FA9_h366_w650_m6_lfalse.jpg","fill":"http://col.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/A5/90223EC3F10553DD3C7686D6FA9_h338_w600_m6_lfalse.jpg","snap":"http://col.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/A5/90223EC3F10553DD3C7686D6FA9_h210_w320_m6_lfalse.jpg"} "IMAGE: Villagers look for their missing relatives among the bodies of flash flood victims lying on the ground after Typhoon Bopha hit New Bataan. (Reuters)")
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By Eric de Castro
of Reuters
At least 283 Filipinos have been killed by Typhoon Bopha and 300 are still missing in its aftermath.
NEW BATAAN, Philippines — Blocked roads and
severed communications in the southern Philippines frustrated rescuers
Wednesday as teams searched for hundreds of people missing after the
strongest typhoon this year killed at least 283 people.Typhoon Bopha, with central winds of 75 mph and gusts of up to 93 mph, battered beach resorts and dive spots on Palawan island Wednesday, but it was weakening as it moved west.
Hardest hit was the southern island of Mindanao, where Bopha made landfall Tuesday. It triggered landslides and floods along the coast and in farming and mining towns inland.
Interior Minister Manuel Roxas said 300 people were missing.
"Entire families were washed away," Roxas, who inspected the disaster zone, told reporters.
Most affected areas were cut off by destroyed roads and collapsed bridges and army search-and-rescue teams were being flown in by helicopter.
http://news.msn.com/world/update-300-still-missing-after-typhoon
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