As Philippines grapples with earthquake fallout, typhoon strikes

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Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Typhoon Matmo struck northern Philippines on Friday, three days after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the central part of the Asian nation hundreds of miles away and weeks after two other cyclones hit the country. Matmo, which is locally named Paolo, had maximum sustained winds of 81 mph with the eye at San Guillermo in Isabela Province, the national weather agency Pagasa said . Pagasa warned of "lightly stronger/enhanced in coastal and upland/mountainous areas exposed to winds.

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