TYPHOONS SWEEP SOUTH ASIA

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26870, 24 October 1952, Page 9

TYPHOONS SWEEP SOUTH ASIA

Death-Roll Of 86 In Philippines (Rec. 11 p.m.) MANILA, October 23. A typhoon, travelling up to 140 miles an hour, caused 86 deaths in the Philippines yesterday. Twenty bodies have been recovered in the port of Phan Thiet, 90 miles east of Saigon, French Indo-China, where many straw huts were swept out to sea by a typhoon on Monday night. It is thought that the deathroll in this area may be much higher when rescue workers have finished clearing debris from the mud-choked streets. The typhoon was the worst in the last six years. It passed from the Philippines into the China Sea today, leaving 86 dead, thousands homeless, and millions of pounds’ worth of damage. Mounting reports of casualties, crop destruction and property damage are still arriving from the striken area. Leyte lost half of its rice crop, fourfifths of its banana crop, and half its fruit orchards. All the public buildings in Legaspi city were blown down, and 90 per cent, of the private homes were destroyed. Most of the deaths were due to drowning.