More typhoon victims recovered in Philippines, death toll rises to 14

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Manila, Dhu-AlQa'dah 08, 1436, August 23, 2015, SPA -- Four more victims of a powerful typhoon that pummeled the northern Philippines have been recovered Sunday bringing to 14 the total number of dead, officials said, according to dpa. Three bodies of miners were dug out Sunday from a landslide in Mankayan town in Benguet province, about 200 kilometres north of Manila, provincial Governor Nestor Fongwan said, while another fatality from drowning was recovered in nearby Kalinga province. Fongwan said they are confirming reports that at least a dozen other miners were still buried in the landslide in the village of Taneg. --SPA 14:58 LOCAL TIME 11:58 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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