Troops are racing to deliver food and water to typhoon-ravaged islands of the Philippines as charities appealed for aid to help hundreds of thousands left homeless by the deadly storm
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One of the hardest-hit islands was Bohol - known for its beaches and dive spots - where at least 96 people have died, provincial Governor Arthur Yap said on Facebook. While other parts of the Philippines celebrated Christmas, Bohol was "undergoing a Yolanda-like situation", he added, using the local name for Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
Philippine National Police data show that the death toll from typhoon Rai rose to 375 and 56 are missing.Hundreds of residents in Surigao City, on the northern tip of Mindanao, packed out an undercover basketball court on Monday to receive food handouts.
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