A boy shovels mud as he cleans his house swamped with mud from flash floods in Iligan city, southern Philippines Dec. 21. Residents of two southern Philippine cities battered by a storm that left over 1,000 people dead and displaced hundreds of thousands started the hard work of reclaiming their lives as authorities buried dozens of bodies in concrete vaults on Wednesday.

A Filipino flood victim collects relief clothing during relief distribution inside a basketball gym turned into an evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 21 December 2011. According to Tolentino, she was holding her baby as she wades thru waist high flood waters when she was hit by a fallen coconut tree that cause to loss her baby. At least 1000 people were killed in the floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi, while an undetermined number were missing, according to the Office of Civil Defence (OCD). More than 340,000 people were displaced by the floods, the OCD said. At least 44,000 of the victims are staying in cramped evacuation centres that often lack facilities, while some have camped out in the streets and their villages.

A Filipino removes dirt outside a house at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, on Dec. 21. At least 1000 people were killed in the floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi, while an undetermined number were missing, according to the Office of Civil Defence (OCD). More than 340,000 people were displaced by the floods, the OCD said. At least 44,000 of the victims are staying in cramped evacuation centers that often lack facilities, while some have camped out in the streets and their villages.

Local residents look amongst the wreckage of their devastated village following a recent typhoon on Dec. 21 in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines. Typhoon Washi, a tropical storm that swept across the south of the country has claimed more than 1000 lives as flash floods and landslides hit rural communities, washing families and their houses into the sea.

People try to cross a street as water runs through in Monterosso, one of the villages that make up the Five Lands after overnight floods, Oct. 26.

Residents view cars piled up after heavy floods in Aulla, Massa Carrara, Italy, on October 26. At least five people were killed in overnight rains and flooding in Italy's northwestern and central regions of Liguria and Tuscany, officials said.

A man walks on mud and debris between broken cars in a street of Monterosso, one of the five villages that make up the Five Lands after overnight floods, on Oct. 26, in the Spezia region. The areas worst hit by the floods in Italy were the Spezia region and the picturesque Five Lands tourist destination.

A distraught woman surveys the scene of devastation in front of a destroyed house in Brugnato, Liguria, Wednesday, Oct. 26, after torrential rain caused flooding and landslides in Liguria and Tuscany. At least seven people have been reported missing. Phone lines have been brought down and there have been power cuts in some areas.

Thai villagers gather beside a military vehicle stuck in the mud at the site of a devastating mudslide at the village of Nakau in Thailand's southern province of Krabi on April 1, 2011 following torrential rains.

Thai villagers gather at the site of a devastating mudslide at the village of Nakau in Thailand's southern province of Krabi on April 1, 2011 following torrential rains.

Thai people walk through flood water following torrential rains in Thailand' southern province of Phatthalung on March 31, 2011.