WORLD IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : New Storm Batters Region; 31 Killed
From Times staff and wire reports
Tropical Storm Dan pounded Manila and nearby Philippine provinces, killing 31 people and raising to 149 the death toll in two storms that struck the country in less than a week, news reports and officials said. Carrying peak winds of 60 m.p.h., the storm roared across provinces on the southern portion of the main Luzon island from the Pacific Ocean and swiped Manila as it swirled out into the South China Sea.
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