21 dead and 40 rescued after a wind-tossed boat overturns in the Philippines:
MANILA, Philippines — At least 21 people died and 40 others were rescued after a Philippine passenger boat overturned on Thursday when it was lashed by strong winds in Laguna Lake southeast of Manila, police said.
The Rizal provincial police said they immediately launched a search and rescue operation with the help of the coast guard and other local authorities, and that at that least 40 people were saved but that 21 others drowned. Typhoon Doksuri moved away Thursday after battering the northern Philippines and whipping up seasonal monsoon rains in a large swath of the archipelago.
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