Typhoon Bopha, an
incredibly powerful typhoon, has killed hundreds, triggered landslides
and floods and left immeasurable destruction in its path in the
Philippines. The death toll stands at over 500 – entire families washed
away – many still missing. At least 200 of the victims died in
Compostela Valley alone. A muddy wasteland of collapsed houses and
trees felled by ferocious winds; 300,000 left homeless in great need of
water, food and shelter. – Paula Nelson ( 38 photos total)
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Banana
trees destroyed by Typhoon Bopha at a plantation in Compostela town,
Compostela Valley province, on the southern island of Mindanao, Dec. 4,
2012. Typhoon Bopha killed 43 people in one hard-hit Philippine town
Dec. 4, local television station ABS-CBN reported from the scene.
(Karlos Manlupig/AFP/Getty Images)#
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An
elderly woman is assisted by a soldier of the 71st Infantry Battalion,
1001st Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army at a flooded area in
Compostela Valley, southern Philippines. The death toll from Typhoon
Bhopa climbed to more than 100 people, Dec. 5, while scores of others
remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. (The
Philippine Army/Associated Press) #
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A
boy waits in a temporary shelter after Typhoon Bopha made landfall in
Compostela Valley in southeastern Philippines, Dec. 4, 2012. Typhoon
Bopha (local name Pablo), one of the strongest typhoons to hit the
Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south, killing at
least 40 people and forcing more than 50,000 to flee from inundated
villages. (Karlos Manlupig/Associated Press)#
5
Residents
walk among the debris littered on a road after flashfloods brought by
Typhoon Bopha in Compostela Valley in southern Philippines, Dec. 5,
2012. Blocked roads and severed communications in the southern
Philippines frustrated rescuers as teams searched for hundreds of people
missing after the strongest typhoon this year killed at least 283
people. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)#
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Residents
try to identify bodies of relatives, victims of flash floods in New
Bataan town, Compostela Valley province, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after
Typhoon Bopha hit the province. At least 274 people have been killed and
hundreds remain missing in the Philippines from the deadliest typhoon
to hit the country this year, the civil defense chief said. (Ted
Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)#
7
Relatives
grieve as they view bodies recovered from floods in New Bataan,
Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012. The
death toll from Typhoon Bhopa climbed, while scores of others remain
missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. (Karlos
Manlupig/Associated Press)#
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A
resident who was rescued from her flooded home is assisted as she
alights from a military truck in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province,
southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012. (Karlos Manlupig/Associated Press)#
9
Survivors
are loaded onto a flat bed truck to be taken to a hospital in the
aftermath of Typhoon Bopha in New Bataan, Compostela Valley in the
southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012. The death toll from a typhoon that
ravaged the Philippines jumped to 274 Dec. 5 with hundreds more missing,
as rescuers battled to reach areas cut off by floods and mudslides.
(Karlos Manlupig/AFP/Getty Images)#
10
Residents
try to rebuild their house destroyed by Typhoon Bopha in Compostela
Valley, southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012. Blocked roads and severed
communications in the southern Philippines frustrated rescuers as teams
searched for hundreds of people missing after the strongest typhoon this
year killed at least 283 people. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)#
11
Residents
wash their clothes amid the devastation left by Typhoon Bopha, in the
village of Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern
Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons
to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south,
killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and
cutting off power in two entire provinces. (Bullit Marquez/Associated
Press)#
12
Residents
cross a river using suspended ropes at Andap, New Bataan township,
Compostela Valley in southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after
Typhoon Bopha made landfall. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
13
A
girl sits on top of boulders washed to the road by flash floods at the
height of Typhoon Bopha in the village of Andap, New Bataan town,
Compostela Valley province, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after the powerful
Typhoon hit the province. At least 274 people have been killed and
hundreds remain missing in the Philippines from the deadliest typhoon to
hit the country this year, the civil defense chief said. (Ted
Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)#
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Filipino
soldiers and residents work to remove a fallen tree from a road in New
Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines, Dec. 5,
2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha made landfall. (Bullit
Marquez/Associated Press)#
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A
resident hangs clothing amid fallen trees and debris a day after
Typhoon Bopha made landfall in the village of Andap, New Bataan
township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012.
(Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
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Motorists
traverse a flooded road in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley province,
Dec. 5, 2012, a day after the powerful Typhoon Bopha hit the province.
(Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)#
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Residents
clean their sofa next to their damaged house in New Bataan town,
Compostela Valley province, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha hit
the province. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)#
18
Residents
walk past debris on a highway as they head home in New Bataan town,
Compostela Valley province, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha hit
the province. (Ted Alfibe/AFP/Getty Images)#
19
Medicine
is distributed to residents, all victims of the devastating flash flood
that hit the village of Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley
in southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
20
A
woman sorts out clothes in front of her damaged house in Monte Vista
town, Compostela Valley province, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon
Bopha hit the province. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)#
21
A
soldier surveys the devastation caused by Typhoon Bopha at the flash
flood-hit village of Andap, Dec. 5, 2012. (Bullit Marquez/Associated
Press)#
22
Children
retrieve their books and other belongings from their damaged home, Dec.
5, 2012, a day after powerful Typhoon Bopha hit Montevista township, in
the Compostela Valley in southern Philippines. Typhoon Bopha (local
name Pablo), one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this
year. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
23
Rosalinda
Pasko tearfully breaks the news to a relative of the death of 2 of her
family members at the flash flood-hit village of Andap, Dec. 5, 2012.
(Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
24
The
devastation brought about by powerful Typhoon Bopha at Montevista
township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012.
Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this
year, killed scores of peopl while triggering landslides, flooding and
cutting off power in two entire provinces. (Bullit Marquez/Associated
Press)#
25
Residents
examine their house, damaged by a devastating typhoon, Dec. 6, 2012, in
New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines.
The powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military
camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed
hundreds of people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said. (Bullit
Marquez/Associated Press)#
26
A
woman dries her laundry next to her family's makeshift tent in
Montevista town in Compostela Valley in southern Philippines, Dec. 6,
2012. The numbers of dead and missing vary, but the head of the national
disaster agency said 332 people were killed and 379 were missing after
Typhoon Bopha triggered landslides and floods along the coast and in
farming and mining towns inland in the southern Mindanao region. (Erik
De Castro/Reuters)#
27
A
resident carries a religious statue along a muddy road in the town of
New Bataan, compostela province, Dec. 6, 2012. An estimated 200,000
people are homeless and more than 300 dead after the Philippines
suffered its worst typhoon this year. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)#
28
Flash
flood victims wait for relief supplies at an evacuation center
following a devastating typhoon, in New Bataan township, Compostela
Valley in the southern Philippines, Dec. 6, 2012. (Bullit
Marquez/Associated Press)#
29
Residents
line up for relief supplies at an evacuation center, Dec. 6, 2012, in
New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines.
(Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
30
Members
of the Philippine Coast Guard carry relief goods for victims of flash
floods caused by Typhoon Bopha in Davao province while loading their
ship in Manila, Philippines, Dec. 6, 2012. (Aaron Favila/Associated
Press)#
31
A
list of missing residents is prepared to be posted on a wall as
residents, impacted by the typhoon, line up for relief supplies, Dec.
6, 2012, in New Bataan township. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
32
Residents
line up for relief supplies at an evacuation center, Dec. 6, 2012, in
New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines.
(Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
33
An
aerial view of damaged houses caused by flash floods in Compostela
Valley province, southern Philippines, Dec. 6, 2012. Rescue workers
searched through thick mud, broken homes and fallen trees for survivors,
two days after Typhoon Bopha swept the southern Philippines.
(Philippine Army 10th Infantry Division/Reuters)#
34
Residents
are evacuated to safer grounds, Dec. 6, 2012 at New Bataan township,
Compostela Valley. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
35
Rescuers
evacuate a child who survived flooding with her pregnant mother as they
cross a river in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley, southern
Philippines, Dec. 6, 2012. Rescuers found the six-month pregnant woman
on the other side of a river, stranded with her one-year-old son after
escaping floods that swamped their house. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)#
36
Relatives
cross a river to bury their loved one, who died in a flash flood, Dec.
6, 2012, in New Bataan township. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)#
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A
pregnant woman who survived flooding holds her child on a stretcher
while waiting to be evacuated, Dec. 6, 2012. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)#
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A
flash flood survivor is driven to a hospital after being rescued, Dec.
6, 2012, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley. (Bullit
Marquez/Associated Press)#
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