PICTURES: Typhoon Mangkhut batters Philippines; toll reaches 81 amid rescue efforts

Authorities estimated that most of these people will have to stay at least three more weeks in the centres, where hygiene, sanitation and drinking water conditions were becoming increasingly precarious, according to the Red Cross. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, 148,400 people were being helped inside and outside evacuation centres. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A resident wades through floodwaters after buying basic food items for dinner following flooding brought about by Typhoon Mangkhut which barreled into northeastern Philippines during the weekend and inundated low-lying areas in its 900-kilometer wide cloud band Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 in Calumpit township, Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines. A Philippine mayor says it's highly unlikely any of the 40 to 50 people who are feared buried in a mudslide set off by Typhoon Mangkhut can be found alive. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippines authorities on Wednesday raised the death toll to 81 and the number of missing to 70 following typhoon Mangkhut's path through the country's north where rescuers continue searching for dozens of people trapped in a mine buried by a landslide. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The strongest typhoon of the season swept the north of the island of Luzon on Saturday. The number affected by the typhoon now exceeds one million, Efe news reported. Out of those missing, 66 were registered in the Cordillera region where the mining town of Itogon, Benguet province, is located. There, at least 39 deaths were confirmed at a mine amid the ongoing rescue efforts. Evelyn Wigan, left, weeps as she waits for news of missing relatives near the site where dozens of victims are believed to have been buried by a landslide set off by Typhoon Mangkhut as it lashed across Itogon, Benguet province, northern Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

At least 200 people, including experts and volunteers, have been working since Sunday to rescue those trapped and as of Tuesday night had recovered 19 bodies by digging with picks and shovels in the mud as heavy machinery could not reach the area. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)