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Record year for Pacific hurricanes, typhoons

It's been a record year for powerful hurricanes and typhoons in the Pacific Ocean, and they just keep coming.

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Millions without power, three dead as Typhoon Melor hits Philippines

One person died of hypothermia while two others drowned in floods in the poor fishing town of Catarman in Northern Samar province in the Visayas region south of Manila, municipal disaster officer Jonathan Baldo told DZMM radio.