A couple on a motorcycle speeds past destroyed houses in General Luna town, Siargao island, Surigao del norte province, a day after super Typhoon Rai devastated the island. - AFP
MANILA, Dec 19 (AFP): More than 100 people have been killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official tallies showed Sunday, as efforts to deliver water and food to devastated islands ramped up.
More than 300,000 people fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Typhoon Rai ravaged the southern and central regions of the archipelago.