The death toll from Super Typhoon Rai has climbed to at least 75 people, local officials reported, after the storm wreaked havoc across the Philippines late last week.
Search and rescue operations continued over the weekend after Rai, the 15th typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, made landfall Thursday on Siargao Island, a popular tourist and surfing destination on the central east coast.In the worst-hit Bohol Province, at least 49 people had been reported dead, according to Governor Arthur Yap. Elsewhere, another 13 people died in Cebu Province, said David Tumulak, a councilor.
Toppled electrical posts lie along a street in Cebu city, central Philippines, caused by Typhoon Rai.Read MoreThe official death toll however remains at 31, according to affiliate CNN Philippines, citing the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council .The storm, locally known as Odette, which had initially packed winds of up to 260 kilometers per hour with gusts over 300 kilometers per hour , later moved west bringing with it heavy rain and widespread flooding.
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