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    Help sought: Death toll tops 75 from killer typhoon Rai

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    Help sought: Death toll tops 75 from killer typhoon Rai

    Many affected towns, cities without power, phone service


    Published:  December 18, 2021 11:15 Last updated:  December 19, 2021 14:42 AFP  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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    Local officials have asked for help as the full extent of damage of Typhoon Rai starts to emerge. At least 75 people have been killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, officials said Sunday, with "alarming" reports of destruction on islands that bore the brunt of the storm. Image Credit: AP
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    Residents salvage belongings from their destroyed homes in the coastal town of Dulag in Leyte province. Image Credit: AFP
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    More than 300,000 people fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Typhoon Rai ravaged the southern and central regions of the archipelago, knocking out communications and electricity in many areas, ripping off roofs and toppling concrete power poles. Image Credit: AFP
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    A cell site knocked out by strong winds in Palawan. Image Credit: Facebook
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    All buildings sustained heavy damage, including the provincial disaster coordinating council building. Local media reported extensive damage to infrastructure. Image Credit: Jono Jumamoy / Facebook
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    A vessel that sought a safe habrour near the island of Bohol is seen keeled over following typhoon Rai's wrath as seen from a Philippine Air Force chopper. Image Credit: Jono Jumamoy
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    An aerial shot taken in the central Philippine province of Bohol. All buildings sustained heavy damage, according to local media. Image Credit: Jono Jumamoy / Facebook
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    An aerial shot of Bohol, in central Philipppines. Local officials have appealed for aid as typhoon deaths topped 100 in the Philippines. Image Credit: Jono Jumamoy / Facebook
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    Local residents said that while the 2013 earthquake did not damage crops and fish cages. Typhoon Rai (Odette) damaged everything. Image Credit: Jono Jumamoy / Facebook
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    Aftermath of Typhoon Rai is seen in Dimiao, Bohol province. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Rai was a super typhoon when it smashed into the popular tourist island of Siargao on Thursday, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometres per hour. Its wind speeds eased to 150 kph as it barrelled across the country, dumping torrential rain that flooded villages, uprooting trees and shattering wooden structures. Image Credit: AP
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    Residents take shelter in a cultural center turned into an evacuation center. Image Credit: AFP
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    "This is indeed one of the most powerful storms that has hit the Philippines in the month of December in the last decade," Alberto Bocanegra, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Philippines, told AFP. "The information we are receiving and the pictures we are receiving are very alarming." Image Credit: AFP
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    Damaged caused by Super Typhoon Rai after the storm crossed over Surigao City in Surigao del Norte province. Image Credit: AFP
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    Residents line up for gasoline after Typhoon Rai damaged parts of Cebu city, central Philippines Image Credit: AP
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    More than 18,000 military, police, coast guard and fire personnel will join search and rescue efforts in the worst-affected regions, Mark Timbal, spokesman for the national disaster agency, told AFP. Image Credit: AP
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    Destroyed houses caused by Super Typhoon Rai after the storm crossed over Surigao City in Surigao del Norte province. Image Credit: AFP
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    "There has been severe damage" on Siargao island and the northern tip of the southern island of Mindanao, Timbal said, referring to areas that took the full force of the typhoon as it slammed into the country. There are around 100,000 residents on Siargao, but the population swells with visiting surfers and holidaymakers. Image Credit: AFP
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    Residents charge their phones for free at a mall as most parts of Cebu city, central Philippines, remain without electricity due to Typhoon Rai. Image Credit: AP
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    Philippine Coast Guard has shared photos on social media showing widespread destruction around Surigao City on Mindanao. Aerial footage showed swathes of rice fields under water. Image Credit: AP
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    At least three people were killed and dozens injured in the storm, Surigao City Mayor Ernesto Matugas told broadcaster ABS-CBN, taking the overall death toll to 21. The vice governor of Dinagat, an island near Siargao, said at least six people had been killed there. Image Credit: AP
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    "Odette was so strong," Nilo Demerey told ABS-CBN, using the local name for the typhoon. Residents on the island of around 128,000 people were "trying to repair their houses because even our evacuation centres were torn down," he said. "They can't seek refuge anywhere else... everything was destroyed," he added. "Siargao, Surigao and Dinagat island all suffered the same fate - we are appealing for help." Image Credit: AP
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    Bocanegra warned the disruption to electricity would affect the water supply, raising concerns about hygiene and disease. After lashing Palawan island, Rai emerged over the South China Sea on Saturday and was headed towards Vietnam, the state weather forecaster said. Image Credit: AP
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    Rai hit the Philippines late in the typhoon season - most cyclones typically develop between July and October. Scientists have long warned that typhoons are becoming more powerful and strengthening more rapidly as the world becomes warmer because of human-driven climate change. Image Credit: AP
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    Damaged houses in Surigao City, Surigao Del Norte Province, Philippines Image Credit: Reuters
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    The Philippines - ranked as one of the world's most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change - is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons every year, which typically wipe out harvests, homes and infrastructure in already impoverished areas. Image Credit: AFP
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