The City of Surigao: The victim died from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year jumped to 375 on Monday, because people who desperately requested drinking water and urgent food equipment.
The Philippine Red Cross reported “complete massacre” in the coastal area after Super Typhoon Rai left the house, hospital and school “tearing-torn”.
The storm grew the roof, fallen trees, crashed into a concrete electric pole, crashing into pieces of wood houses, destroying plants and village floods – triggering comparisons with damage caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
“Our situation is very desperate “Asuncion ferry said, street vendors in the city of Surigao on the seaside, which was destroyed by the storm.
Residents are needed “drinking water and food”, he said.
At least 375 people were killed and 56 were lost in the last disaster to hit the islands, with 500 more injured, said the national police.
More than 380,000 people fled their homes and the beachfront resort when Rai slammed into the country on Thursday.
One of the most devastated islands is Bohol – known for its beaches, “Chocolate Hills” and Tary Tarsier Primata – where at least 94 people have died, the Governor of Arthur’s province Yap said on Facebook.
Many wooden houses in the coastal city of Bohol in Ubay are leveled and small fishermen boats are destroyed on the island, where the disaster has been stated.
A senior official at the National Disaster Agency said he did not expect as much death.
“I proven wrong because it seems now coming from the report,” said Casiano Monola, Deputy Administrator for surgery.
Rai crashed into the Philippines late in the Typhoon season: most of the cyclones developed between July and October.
Scientists have long warned that hurricanes become stronger and faster because the world becomes warmer because of human-driven climate change.
The Philippines – rank among the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change – hit by an average of 20 storms every year, which usually removes harvests, homes and infrastructure in the poor area.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan was the strongest storm that had ever made a landing, leaving more than 7,300 dead or missing.
The death toll from Rai was not expected to approach the number.
The Philippines has an established disaster management system that provides early warning approaching the storm and transferring the vulnerable community to evacuation centers.
But the storm has handled a savage punch in the tourism sector, which has struggled after the restrictions of Covid-19 burdens the number of visitors.
“SOS” has been painted on the road in the tourist city General Luna on Siargao Island, where surfers and tourists have flocked ahead of Christmas, because people struggle to find water and food.
“There is no water anymore, there is a lack of water, on the first day there is a looting in our neighborhood,” the owner of Siargao Resort Marja O’Donnell told CNN Philippines.
There is also a widespread destruction in the islands of the Legatan and Mindanao, which together with Siargao bear the storm storm when about, packing wind speeds of 195 kilometers (120 miles) per hour.
The police reported 167 deaths in the Caraga area, which included a dyagat, siargao and the northeastern part of Mindanao.
At least 14 people died in the Islands of the Dinagat, Jeffrey Province Information Officer Crisostomo told Broadcaster Abs-CBN, said the area had been “flattened to the ground”.
But letters written by residents were passed, and posted to Facebook, expressed hope.
“We are happy to live,” Aimee Antonio-Jimeno wrote to her sister.
“Our homes are without a roof but we don’t despair!” With electricity eliminated in many areas, there is no signal or internet, efforts to inhibit to assess storm damage.
Thousands of military, police, coast guards and firefight personnel are deployed along with food, water and medical supplies, while heavy machinery – including backhoes and front-end loaders – sent to clear roads.
President Rodrigo Duterte promised to “seek” two billion other pesos ($ 40 million) in aid, which would double the previous appointment.
But some express frustration in the government’s response.
“Nothing arises – I don’t know where politicians and (elections) candidates,” said Levi Lisondra who looked angry, a resident in Surigao, at the north end of Mindanao.
“We pay great taxes when we work and now they can’t help us.”