DHAKA: Three people were killed and seven others hurt on Friday as super typhoon ‘Haiyan’ struck the Philippines.

The government said, reports The Straits Times.

Two people were electrocuted by power lines toppled by the cyclone, while a third victim was struck by lightning, said Reynaldo Balido, spokesman for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

Of the seven injured, one was hurt in the lightning incident, while the rest were struck by falling objects, he told a news conference.

BDST: 1818 HRS, NOV 08, 2013
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