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Nineteen people remain missing, most of them subsistence fishermen from the country's Pacific seaboard who put to sea despite rough conditions days before Christmas.
The weather turned bad as the disaster-prone nation of 110 million people prepared for a long Christmas holiday.
Millions of people travel to their hometowns for family reunions during this period.
The Philippines is ranked among the most vulnerable nations to the impacts of climate change.
Scientists have warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer.
Source: Agence France-Presse
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