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Typhoon Rai in the Philippines killed 208 people, police said. 52 people are considered missing, at least 239 residents were injured. Earlier it was known about 169 victims and 50 missing.
According to AFP, the typhoon was one of the largest in terms of the number of casualties in recent years. In 2013, more than 7.3 thousand people died or went missing from the typhoon.
The typhoon reached the coast of the Philippines on Thursday 16 December. In places, wind gusts reached 185 km / h. About 100-150 Russian citizens live in the areas where the typhoon passes, Yaroslav Pavlov, head of the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Manila, told RIA Novosti. It is not yet known whether there are any victims among them.
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