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Typhoon Hagupit smashes into the Philippines (Video)

Typhoon Hagupit smashes into the Philippines (Video)

Typhoon Hagupit is making its way across the central Philippines after making landfall on the east coast overnight. The massive storm has winds as high as 210 kilometers per hour. Local weather agency Pagasa said Sunday that the storm crashed into remote fishing communities of Samar Island tearing roofs off buildings and sending them flying into the Pacific Ocean.

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Obesity can eat up 8 years of your life, warn scientsts

Obesity can eat up 8 years of your life, warn scientsts

Being obese can shorten life by eight years and condemn a person to almost two decades of ill-health, new research has shown. Researchers used a computer model to predict that diabetes and heart disease were likely to deprive an obese person of up to 19 years of healthy living.

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