PHILIPPINES TYPHOON XANGSANE

epa00829139 Filipino city development authorities clean up the damage caused by a fallen giant billboard along EDSA, Manila's main thoroughfare, during the onslaught of Typhoon Xangsane (local codename Milenyo) in Manila on Thursday, 28 September 2006. Xangsane lashed out in Manila and its surrounding provinces with strong winds of up to 150 kilometers per hour, causing thousands of motorists to be stranded and forcing schools, government and private offices and financial institutions to close due to flash floods and heavy rain. The 13th typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, Xangsane has caused countless trees to fall and billboards to be torn and damaged. EPA/MIKE ALQUINTO

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