As the death toll in the Philippines climbed to more than 200, a rescue effort has continued in Malaysia, where thousands have been left stranded by flooding. typhoon Philippines
When typhoon Rai tore through the Philippines at nearly 200 kilometres an hour late last week, Jamaica Guanzon and her young family were gripped by fear.
Surigao del Norte, on the north-east corner of Mindanao, has been one of the hardest hit by the typhoon.More than 300,000 people were forced to flee their homes as Rai, called Odette locally, approached landfall late last week. The death toll rose to at least 208 on Monday, the national police said. While at least 34 people are reported to have died in Negros Occidental province, there have been another 74 fatalities in Bohol to the east, the province’s governor Arthur Yap said on his Facebook page., the worst storm on record in the Philippines, which left more than 6300 people dead and displaced more than 4 million in 2013.
“I was with a guy who bought six canoes from [sports store] Decathlon to help get people out,” said Farhan Iqbal, who was among the community responders shuttling people out of flooded buildings in the Selangor state capital of Shah Alam on Sunday night.
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