At least 208 people have died and 52 are missing in the onslaught of super typhoon Rai in the Philippines, according to a new report by local authorities.
Officials said today that 52 more people are missing and 239 are injured.
More than 300.000 people have had to leave their homes since Thursday.
Typhoon Rai, with winds reaching 195 kilometers per hour, passed through the central and southern Philippines on Thursday and Friday.
About 780.000 people were threatened by the typhoon's onslaught, which disrupted communications and downed power lines before moving away toward the South China Sea on Saturday.
A supertyphoon is a powerful cyclone equal to the highest category (five) hurricane in the US.
On average, there are about five such typhoons a year in the whole world.
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