News Forum - Philippines’ Typhoon Rai destroyed 1.5 million houses in total – IFRC

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New figures from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) show the entire scope of the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Rai, locally called Odette, when it hit the Philippines last month, causing damage to 1.5 million homes, which was more than any previous typhoon in recent decades. The Philippine Red Cross is bolstering its shelter assistance by shipping table saws, chainsaws, and generators to the typhoon’s hardest-hit areas, which include Cebu, Bohol, Palawan, Siargao, and Dinagat islands, for carpenters and trained volunteers to use the machinery to convert millions of fallen coconut trees into coco […]

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