Smoke rises from the devastation caused at the height of Typhoon Bopha in the coastal town of Boston, Davao Oriental in southern Philippines on Dec. 10. Typhoon Bopha killed 647 people and caused crop damage worth $210 million. The most intense storm to hit the Philippines this year wiped out about 90 percent of three coastal towns in Davao Oriental province and buried an entire town in neighboring Compostela Valley province under mud.

Police and rescuers conduct search and retrieval operations underneath the debris for typhoon victims who were swept away by floodwaters at the height of Typhoon Bopha in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley, southern Philippines on Dec. 10.

Children look out from a window of a roofless house, destroyed at the height of Typhoon Bopha in the coastal town of Boston, Davao Oriental in southern Philippines on Dec. 10.

Residents sift through their clothes on the ruins of a house destroyed at the height of Typhoon Bopha in the coastal town of Boston, Davao Oriental in southern Philippines on Dec. 10.

Typhoon victims sit at the entrance of a tent with a coffin of a relative, who died after a coconut tree fell on him at the height of Typhoon Bopha, in Montevista town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Dec. 9.

A banana plantation lies in ruin in Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines, Dec. 7, 2012.

Uprooted coconut trees lie in ruin as residents and rescue workers look for survivors at a coconut plantation in the aftermath of Typhoon Bopha in Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines, Dec. 7.

Uprooted banana trees lie at a plantation in Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines, Dec. 7.

Trees lie uprooted in areas affected by Typhoon Bopha in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines, Dec. 7.

Crops lie damaged in the aftermath of Typhoon Bopha in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines, Dec. 7.

Rescuers carry body bags containing bodies of typhoon victims recovered from the debris swept by floodwaters at the height of Typhoon Bopha, in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley, southern Philippines Dec. 7.

A survivor of Tuesday's devastating typhoon is carried into a makeshift clinic after being rescued Thursday, Dec. 6, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines.

Residents line up for relief supplies at an evacuation center Thursday, Dec. 6, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines.

Relatives cross a river to bury their loved one, who died in a flash flood caused by Typhoon Bopha, Thursday, Dec. 6, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines.

A flash flood survivor uses a classroom as temporary shelter after Typhoon Bopha destroyed most of the houses in the area, Thursday, Dec. 6, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines.

Residents clean their sofa outside their destroyed house after Typhoon Bopha hit Compostela Valley, southern Philippines, Dec. 5.

Villagers wash their clothes amidst a destroyed banana plantation after Typhoon Bopha hit Compostela Valley, southern Philippines Dec. 5.

Residents walk amongst their destroyed houses after Typhoon Bopha hit Compostela town, Compostela Valley province, in southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

A villager walks on rope across water flooding over a destroyed road following typhoon Bopha in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines Dec. 5.

Relatives try to identify bodies in the aftermath of Typhoon Bopha in New Bataan, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines on Dec. 5.

Relatives grieve as they view bodies recovered from floods in New Bataan, Dec. 5.

Residents brave heavy rains next to a tilted electric post after Typhoon Bopha hit the city of Tagum, Davao del Norter province, on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

Filipinos sift through their belongings outside their house damaged by Typhoon Bopha in Butuan City, southern Philippines, Dec. 4.

A boy rides on a makeshift raft made from a banana tree as he makes his way to his flooded home after heavy rans and strong winds brought about by Typhoon Bopha hit Pantukan town, Compostela Valley province on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

A girl cleans a religious statue of mud after landslides hit her home due to heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Bopha in Compostela town, Compostela Valley province, on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

A dog is chained near a damaged house after Typhoon Bopha made a landfall in Compostela Valley in southeastern Philippines on Dec. 4. A Philippine governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have drowned when torrents of water dumped by the powerful typhoon rushed down a mountain, engulfing the victims and bringing the death toll from the storm to about 40.

A woman places flowers on the grave of a relative at the cemetery of Benfica, on All Saints' Day, in Lisbon, Portugal on Nov. 1.

Catholic nuns from the congregation Saint Jose of the Mountain pray as they visit a tombstone on All Saints Day in the cemetery of San Lorenzo in Ronda, near the southern Spanish city of Malaga.

A woman prepares flowers to be sold at a cemetery during All Saints Day, a Catholic holiday to reflect on the saints and deceased relatives in Barcelona, Spain.

Children play beside a tombstone as their family visit deceased relatives at Heroe's cemetery to remember their departed loved ones on All Saints Day in in Taguig City in Metro Manila.

A boy darkens the inscription of a tombstone of a deceased relative during the commemoration of All Saints Day in Navotas City, Metro Manila on Nov. 1.

An elderly woman prays near a grave at a cemetery in the village of Ivenets, 31 miles southwest of Minsk, on Nov. 1. Catholics in Belarus marked All Saints Day by visiting the graves of their relatives and friends.

Filipinos supporting a framework peace agreement react after hearing news of its signing in Manila, Philippines, Oct. 15. The Philippine government and the country's largest Muslim rebel group on Oct. 15 signed a preliminary peace pact aimed at ending a 43-year rebellion in the troubled south. The framework agreement calls for the establishment of a new autonomous region to be called Bangsamoro, which means Muslim nation, in the southern region of Mindanao by 2016.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front Peace Panel Chief Mohagher Iqbal, left, exchanges documents with Philippine government chief peace negotiator Marvic Leonen, right, after signing a peace deal at the Malacanang palace in Manila Oct. 15. Joining them to witness the signing are Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, back left, Malaysian peace facilitator Dato' Tengku Abdul Ghafar Tengku Mohamed, center, and Philippine President Benigno Aquino, back right.

Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front shout "Allahu Akhbar," or God is great, as they gather at their stronghold at Camp Darapanan in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines, to coincide with the tentative signing of the agreement on Oct. 15.

A Filipino Muslim woman flashes peace signs after hearing news of the signing of a preliminary peace pact during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Oct. 15.