A woman carries her sick child in the typhoon-raveged town of Infata, Philippines.

A tropical storm that hit the country Nov. 29 -- locally named Winnie -- left a total of 669 dead and 697 missing, most of them from the three northeastern coastal towns of Real, Infanta and General Nakar.

Winnie was followed Dec. 2 by Typhoon Nanmadol, which caused another 38 deaths and left another 33 people missing, the civil defense office said.

The Japan Times Weekly: Dec. 11, 2004
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