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Tropical Storm Ketsana Kills More Than 240, Displaces More Than 609,000 in Philippines

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Portions of the MalacaƱang presidential palace in Manila were converted into refugee shelters. Ketsana has since strengthened into a typhoon, and is expected to intensify further as it approaches Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, according to a government weather forecaster. Jack Rosebro.