MANILA: The dead toll from Typhoon Rai in the Philippines has risen to 389, with 64 people still missing, according to a government disaster agency. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the typhoon, which hit the Philippines on December 16, has injured 1,146 people.

The storm has impacted more than 4.2 million people in 11 regions across the Philippines, including parts of the major Luzon Island, according to the NDRRMC. The typhoon, the country's 15th and most powerful this year, prompted locals to spend their holiday season days in evacuation centers due to damage to their homes. Nearly 315,000 of the more than 570,000 displaced people are being temporarily housed in 1,179 evacuation centers, according to the UN. Over 500,000 homes were obliterated.

Agriculture and infrastructure damage from the typhoon has totaled more than 22 billion pesos (USD 440 million). In five districts impacted hard by the storm, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told an online conference that the hurricane damaged 141 health institutions, including hospitals.

In typhoon-affected areas, the Department of Health (DOH) has been monitoring food and water-borne ailments such as diarrhoea and acute gastroenteritis.

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