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Over a hundred people are feared dead in Mindanao from Tropical Storm Vinta, officials said yesterday, with concerns the figure would rise as dozens remain missing. Initial reports said the death toll climbed swiftly to 133 as rescuers retrieved 36 more bodies from Salog River in Zamboanga del Sur. The bodies were swept down river from Salvador town in Lanao del Norte where rescuers retrieved 17 other bodies upstream. [Source: The Philippine Star]
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