Typhoon Rai, which struck the Philippines, has killed 19 people, according to the local newspaper Inquirer. More than 330 thousand people were evacuated. Bad weather has led to massive power outages, there are interruptions in mobile communications.
The typhoon hit the hardest hit areas of Mindanao and the Visayas, where floods flooded many homes. In places, wind gusts reached 185 km / h, the maximum recorded speed – 195 km / h, writes the Rappler portal, citing data from forecasters. Due to bad weather, the Philippine Mactan-Cebu International Airport is temporarily closed.
The typhoon reached the coast of the Philippines on Thursday 16 December. Local authorities have already estimated the damage to roads and bridges due to bad weather at 178.4 million Philippine pesos ($ 3.56 million). 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.
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