A strong typhoon devastated the Philippines last week. Typhoon Nesat hit the main Philippine island of Luzon and brought the capital city of Manila to a standstill.

一强烈台风在上周重创菲律宾。尼莎台风侵袭菲律宾的主要岛屿吕宋岛，造成首都马尼拉动弹不得。

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On January 6, a huge fire tore through a slum area in Quezon City of Manila in the Philippines leaving 836 people homeless. Tzu Chi volunteers immediately began a program of aid relief.

1月6日，一场大火袭击菲律宾马尼拉计顺市，一处贫民区让836人无家可归，慈济人在灾后立即进行发放工作，赠送给灾民的物品。

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When Typhoon Ketsana hit Manila this year, the crowded city's planners were stunned at the amount of rain that poured down in a short time.

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In the city of Pasig -- part of metropolitan Manila -- enterprising residents used inflatable mattresses as makeshift boats to ferry people through flooded streets.

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Mr. Rodwell was taken by helicopter chartered by the U.S. military to the U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Force facility inside a Philippine military camp in Zamboanga city, about 880 kilometers south of Manila, said regional military spokesman Col.

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