The death toll from Typhoon Rai rises to 375, making it one of the deadliest typhoons to have struck the South-East Asian nation
More than 300 people have been killed by a powerful typhoon in the Philippines that has destroyed homes, flooded towns, severed power and communications lines and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Mr Lorenzana told the armed forces to deliver relief goods using all available assets, and send in more troops if necessary. The death toll had risen to 375, the police said in a report, making this one of the deadliest typhoons to have struck the South-East Asian nation.The number of injured has climbed to 500, while 56 people are missing.
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