Extra coffins shipped in to bury mudslide victims in Philippines as US choppers ferry aid

BAGUIO, Philippines — Authorities sent more than 200 coffins Monday to the typhoon-battered northern Philippines for the grim task of burying the storm’s victims, including a family of eight whose house was buried under a torrent of mud.

US choppers ferry aid to stricken Philippine city facing food, gasoline shortages

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US troops ferry aid to Philippine region facing food, gasoline shortages; storm toll tops 600

BAGUIO, Philippines — American military helicopters ferried tons of aid Sunday to a northern Philippine mountain region facing shortages of food, gasoline and coffins after back-to-back typhoons killed more than 600 in the country.

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