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MANILA, October 2, 2009 (AFP) – President Gloria Arroyo placed the Philippines under a “state of calamity” on Friday and terrified people fled their homes as a powerful typhoon threatened to unleash more carnage following deadly floods. After being accused of not preparing her country adequately for last Saturday’s storm that killed 293 people in and around Manila, Arroyo also ordered forced evacuations of towns in the direct path of Typhoon “Pepeng.” “Our prayers are that no lives will be l