Troops race to deliver aid to Philippine typhoon survivors

Philippine Coast Guard personnel unload packs of relief goods for victims of Typhoon Rai, in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines, on Dec 21, 2021. - Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters

LOBOC Philippines (AFP): Troops raced Tuesday (Dec 21) 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 (Dec 16), wiping out wooden houses, uprooting trees and knocking out power across entire islands.