News Forum - UPDATE: Typhoon Rai – Rescuers battle to reach affected areas, 208 confirmed dead

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At least 208 people have been killed as authorities and emergency workers start mopping up the mess left from the destructive path of Typhoon Rai (named as Odette in the Philippines). More than 400,000 people have also been displaced after the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines in 2021 slammed into the central east coast last Thursday and cut a swathe of destruction as it travelled westward, causing widespread damage and flooding. The typhoon’s death toll will climb further as search and rescue services continue to arrive at the worst affected areas after they were initially hampered by power and […]

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