More than 300,000 people fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Rai slammed into the country on Thursday as a super typhoonSURIGAO CITY - The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 200 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food.
More than 380,000 people fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Rai slammed into the country on Thursday as a super typhoon. 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. The Philippines has an established disaster management system that provides early warnings to residents of an approaching storm and moves vulnerable communities into evacuation centres before it hits.But the storm has dealt a savage blow to the country's tourism sector, which was already struggling to recover after Covid-19 restrictions decimated visitor numbers.