Typhoon
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Three Die In
A typhoon killed three people and caused damage estimated at more than SUSS million at Palau Island, US Trust Territory, on March 2.
Winds up to 90 m.p.h. levelled most buildings and native houses at Koror and Babelthuap on Palau. Hundreds of people were left homeless and 50 were injured. Government facilities worth SUS 2.3 million were destroyed.
To help with salvage and restoration work, the motor vessels, Palau Islander and Ran Annim, loaded food and cargo at Saipan, the administrative centre of the territory, and the Pater Elias carried food from Guam. All were bound for Koror.