1.   Following killer typhoons in Mexico and abnormally cold temepratures across the southern United States, the world is getting ready for El Nino in some unusual ways.

2.   President Fidel Ramos said Wednesday local officials who had not prepared for the killer typhoon that swept the northern Philippines last week will be prosecuted.

3.   The central government called in the army and navy Wednesday to search for thousands of sailors and fishermen lost at sea earlier this week in a killer typhoon.

4.   The central government Wednesday called in the army and navy to search for thousands of sailors and fishermen lost at sea earlier this week in a killer typhoon.