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The coastguard rescued a family of seven, including a six-month-old baby, as Super Typhoon Saola flooded their home in the Philippines. Footage shows the rescue crew assisting the distressed villagers, including the infant and a pensioner, from their battered wooden hut residence in Sablayan town, Occidental Mindoro province, on Monday, 28 August. The team waded through waist-deep flood waters and guided the family to rubber boats ferrying locals to evacuation centres.

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(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines evacuated almost 25,000 people to safer ground as Typhoon Saola is expected to hit land Wednesday before heading for Taiwan and Hong Kong. Most Read from BloombergAuto Union Boss Wants 46% Raise, 32-Hour Work Week in ‘War’ Against Detroit CarmakersGoldman Is Selling a Wealth-Advisory Unit to $240 Billion Money ManagerCitadel Vets 69,000 Intern Applicants to Find Next Math GeniusesChina’s Worsening Economic Slowdown Is Rippling Across the Globe3M Agrees to Pay More

Typhoon Saola has intensified into a super typhoon northeast of the Philippines and will likely remain in that category until landfall in Taiwan, the Philippine national weather bureau Pagasa said.

(UPDATE) HUNDREDS of people fled their homes as floods unleashed by Super Typhoon 'Goring' (international name Saola) swept through rural villages in the northeastern Philippines, rescue officials said Sunday.