: Philippines: Toll from Typhoon Rai increases to 208, over 3 lakh flee homes #IndiaNEWS The toll from the strongest typhoon to have hit the Philippines this year has increased to 208, AFP quoted the

Philippines: Toll from Typhoon Rai increases to 208, over 3 lakh flee homes #IndiaNEWS
The toll from the strongest typhoon to have hit the Philippines this year has increased to 208, AFP quoted the police as saying on Monday.This makes Typhoon Rai, one of the deadliest storms to have hit the archipelago in recent years.At least 239 persons sustained injuries and 52 were missing after the typhoon swept across the southeast Asian country, according to the police. Over 3,00,000 fled their homes.Over half of the deaths reported were from the Visayas region in the central part of the Philippines, Reuters reported. The region includes the Bohol province, which has some of the country’s most popular tourist spots.Bohol Governor Arthur Yap on Sunday cited preliminary reports that 74 residents had died in his province.Jeffrey Crisostomo, the provincial information officer of the Dinagat Islands, told AFP that 10 people had died in the region.Relief effortsPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte has promised to release funds of about 2 billion pesos (around Rs 3.04 billion) for recovery work in typhoon-affected areas, according to Reuters.Meanwhile, police personnel have been mobilised for relief work and to ensure order is maintained in the affected regions, national police spokesperson Roderick Alba said. However, damage to communication and power lines has hampered relief operations in many areas.The local unit of the Red Cross said that there was...Read more

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