At least 229 people are confirmed dead and at least six missing after Typhoon Fengshen ravaged the central and southern Philippines, Red Cross and civil defence officials said on Sunday. The toll does not include those dead or missing from a ferry that sank in the central Philippines with about 747 people aboard. Four people have been confirmed dead and there are four survivors from that accident. The rest are unaccounted for. The central province of Iloilo has suffered the heaviest losses after being hit by the typhoon on Saturday, with 101 dead, the Philippine Red Cross chairman, Richard Gordon, said. Other fatalities were recorded in the neighbouring provinces of Romblon, Cotabato, Antique and Capiz, Gordon added. The civil defence office recorded 26 fatalities in the southern island of Mindanao.