Weaker storm stalls off Philippines, soaks Taiwan
Posted: October 6, 2009 at 5:20 a.m.
Outriggers are seen beside houses that serve as their residents' means of transportation as streets remained flooded Monday in the town of Angono, Philippines.
Typhoon Parma weakened into a tropical storm but lingered off the northern Philippine coast Monday, causing widespread flooding and landslides that have killed 16 in the country and churning up rough seas that sank a cargo ship off neighboring Taiwan.
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