Out in the open: A girl sitting on a hammock next to a damaged tree where clothes are left to dry, while (below) a couple rest outside a house following Typhoon Rai onslaught in Surigao City. — Reuters
Troops raced to deliver food and water to typhoon-ravaged islands of the Philippines as charities appealed for aid to help hundreds of thousands left homeless by the deadly storm.
At least 375 people were killed and hundreds injured when Typhoon Rai pummelled the southern and central regions of the archipelago on Thursday, wiping out wooden houses, uprooting trees and knocking out power across entire islands.
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