Muted Christmas in Philippines in wake of deadly typhoon

Alona Nacua, right, stands beside her son as she looks at their damaged house due to Typhoon Rai in the Philippines (AP Photo/Jay Labra)

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, have been marking Christmas without homes, adequate food and water, electricity and mobile connections following a powerful typhoon.

The typhoon last week left at least 375 people dead and devastated mostly central island provinces.