Officials in the Philippines say the death toll from this month's Typhoon Bopha has soared to more than 1,000 people.

这个月，台风“宝霞”袭击菲律宾，菲方官员称，台风已造成1000多人死亡。

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Typhoons are the same kinds of storms as hurricanes and Typhoon Bopha was the strongest wind that hid the Philippines this year.

台风和飓风一样是同一种类的暴风，而台风宝霞是今年登陆菲律宾最强的台风。

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The most recent and tragic example was Super Typhoon Bopha that swept across the Philippines this week, killing at least 500 people and leaving tens of thousands displaced.

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Humanitarian agencies said some 5.4 million people affected by the typhoon urgently need food, potable water and shelter after Bopha wiped out 90 percent of houses in the worst-hit towns in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.

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