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This aerial photo shows thousands of logs swept away to the coastal areas in Iligan city in southern Philippines on Dec. 19, after typhoon Sendong (also known as "Washi:) blew through the region Sunday.
Residents retrieve a car which was washed away in Friday's flash-flooding in Iligan city in southern Philippines on Dec. 19.
A resident, affected by Friday's flash flooding, washes his shoes using floodwaters that inundated his home in Iligan city in southern Philippines on Dec. 19.
Residents affected by Friday's flash flooding ride a motorcycle in Iligan city in southern Philippines on Dec. 19.
This aerial photo shows buses covered with mud in Iligan city in southern Philippines on Dec. 19.
Residents retrieve their household items from their house which landed on a concrete fence of a mansion on Dec. 19. Bullit Marquez/AP
Residents retrieve usable items from their destroyed houses on Dec. 18, after flash flooding in Cagayan De Oro city in southern Philippines.
Residents assist a woman as they wade in waist-deep floodwaters brought by typhoon Nesat, locally known as Pedring, that hit the Tanza town of Malabon city, north of Manila, on Sept. 27. Typhoon Nesat crossed the Philippines' main island, leaving behind at least seven dead after it lashed crop-growing provinces and brought the capital to a near standstill as it flooded roads and villages and cut power supplies. Reuters
A man bicycles in a rain storm due to typhoon Nesat in Manila on Sept. 27. Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters, dodging branches and flying debris as the powerful typhoon sent surging waves as tall as palm trees crashing over seawalls and submerging entire neighborhoods. Pat Roque/AP
Residents are evacuated to safety at the height of typhoon Nesat in Manila on Sept. 27. Bullit Marquez/AP
A mother holds her baby as they evacuate from their flooded home at the height of typhoon Nesat in Manila on Sept. 27. Massive flooding hit the Filipino capital as typhoon winds and rains isolated the historic old city where residents waded in waist-deep waters, dodging tree branches and debris. Bullit Marquez/AP
Residents reinforce their houses at the height of typhoon Nesat in Manila on Sept. 27. Bullit Marquez/AP
A mother arrives at an evacuation center with her baby after being rescued by police at the height of typhoon Nesat in Manila on Sept. 27. Bullit Marquez/AP
Commuters wade through a flooded boulevard at the height of typhoon Nesat in Manila on Sept. 27. Bullit Marquez/AP
Rescuers carry children to higher ground as they evacuate in Navotas, north of Manila, on Sept. 27. Aaron Favila/AP
Rescuers ride a rubber boat as they bring a woman and a girl to higher ground in Caloocan, north of Manila, on Sept. 27. Aaron Favila/AP
Residents living beside a swollen river walk through floods in Navotas, north of Manila, on Sept. 27. Aaron Favila/AP
People walk along a flooded street in Navotas on Sept. 27. Aaron Favila/AP
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Officials estimate 280 people have died as a result of Typhoon Bopha, which made landfall Tuesday. Flooding and mudslides have affected most of the countryside in the Compostela Valley. The typhoon caused power outages and ruined roads and bridges.
The Philippines' strongest typhoon this year was headed towards tourist destinations on Wednesday after hitting a southern island, destroying homes, causing landslides and killing at least 280 people, but many more are reported dead and missing.
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