UN seeks $169 million in aid for 'Odette' victims

A family displays signage as they ask for alms along a highway in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte province on December 25, 2021, more than a week after Super Typhoon Rai devastated the province.

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MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations has increased its fundraising target for victims of Typhoon Odette (Rai) to $169 million as the Philippines struggles to recover from the devastating storm, the organization's resident coordinator said Wednesday.

More than 400 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless after Rai hit the archipelago as a super typhoon in December, ripping off roofs, shredding wooden houses and wiping out crops.

The UN initially sought $107.2 million for 530,000 people in the hardest-hit areas in central and southern regions of the country flattened by the typhoon.

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