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  • 5
    Oct
    2011
    6:49am, EDT

    Cheryl Ravelo / Reuters

    A coffin loaded onto a boat is pushed through floodwaters during a funeral in Calumpit, Bulacan, a Filipino province north of Manila, on October 5.

    Coffin carried by boat through flooded Filipino town after typhoon

    The AP reports:

    Scores of people living in flood-hit towns north of Manila continue to struggle having not seen dry land for nearly a week. Floods from rains brought by Typhoons Nesat and Nalgae are only beginning to recede and houses, buildings and fields remain submerged.

    See more images of the recent typhoons on PhotoBlog.

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    Too bad for these people they live on a storm alley, At one time they got 6 storms in 1 month.

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  • 4
    Oct
    2011
    5:29am, EDT

    Filipino typhoon victims rest in evacuation center, church

    Francis R. Malasig / EPA

    Typhoon victims rest inside a gymnasium turned into a temporary evacuation center in Navotas city, north of Manila, Philippines, on October 4. President Benigno Aquino III and his cabinet have created rehabilitation plans for the areas affected by the recent typhoons Nesat and Nalgae. According to the Office of Civil Defense, typhoon Nalgae has so far left one person dead, while 57 people died and 30 were missing in typhoon Nesat's onslaught, which also flooded central Manila.

    Cheryl Ravelo / Reuters

    Evacuees take temporary shelter inside the Mother of Perpetual Help Church in Hagonoy, Bulacan province, the Philippines, on October 4. Rescue helicopters and boats distributed food, water and medicine to thousands of Filipinos marooned in flooded towns north of the capital on Monday and authorities said water levels were starting to recede. Wide areas of rice-producing Bulacan and Pampanga provinces have been submerged since late last week after the Philippines was hit by two typhoons. A third storm may develop this week.

    See more images of the recent typhoons on PhotoBlog.

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  • 3
    Oct
    2011
    11:07am, EDT

    Residents continue their struggle against floodwaters in the Philippines

    Bullit Marquez / AP

    Residents wade through floodwaters while boats queue up to ferry others at Calumpit township, Bulacan province, Oct. 3, 2011.

    Jay Directo / AFP - Getty Images

    A child carries a wet puppy on a flooded road in the farming town of Calumpit on October 3, 2011, north of Manila in Bulacan province, a flat farming region hit particularly hard by the heavy rains of Typhoons Nesat and Nalgae.

    Bullit Marquez / AP

    Residents use an improvised raft for transport as floodwaters continue to inundate their homes at Calumpit township, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.

    Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images Contributor

    Army rescue teams and volunteers carry a dead body on a stretcher through floodwaters in Calumpit town on October 3, 2011 in Bulacan, Philippines. Destruction and flooding in the wake of the powerful typhoons Nalgae and Nesat have left nearly 60 dead and millions affected as disaster management teams and aid agencies scramble to provide much needed food and assistance.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    Floodwater are now starting to recede following two typhoons that killed nearly 60 people, but more boats are needed to bring food and water to residents who refuse to abandon their inundated homes.  Full story.  And our video report below:

    Relief workers are struggling to help residents in the Philippines who are trapped by rising flood waters. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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  • 2
    Oct
    2011
    3:47pm, EDT

    Rolex Dela Pena / EPA

    Filipinos return to a coastal district to rebuild houses damaged by typhoons in Navotas City, north of Manila, Philippines, Oct. 2. Philippine rescue teams struggled to reach thousands of residents trapped in flooded northern provinces after two typhoons, Nesat and Nalgae, battered the country in a week. According to the Office of Civil Defense, typhoon Nalgae has so far left one person dead, while 57 people died and 30 were missing in typhoon Nesat's onslaught, which also flooded central Manila.

    Philippines walloped by back-to-back typhoons

    msnbc.com news services report:

    Rescuers scrambled Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for days because of flooding in the northern Philippines, where back-to-back typhoons have left at least 59 people dead.

    Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore in northeastern Isabela province Saturday, then barreled across the main island of Luzon's mountainous north and agricultural plains, which were still sodden from fierce rain and winds unleashed by a howler just days earlier. Nalgae left at least three people dead Saturday. Typhoon Nesat killed 56 others and left 28 missing in the same region before blowing out Friday.

    Read more here.

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  • 30
    Sep
    2011
    7:42am, EDT

    Typhoon Nesat pummels the Philippines and China

    The AP reports from HANOI, Vietnam:

    A tropical storm barreled toward Vietnam Friday, forcing 20,000 people to be evacuated, as the Philippines braced for a new typhoon and several Asian countries reeled under floods after some of the wildest weather this summer.

    After pummeling the Philippines and China this week, Typhoon Nesat was downgraded to tropical storm as it headed toward Vietnam where it was expected to make landfall later Friday with sustained wind speeds of up to 73 mph, according to the national weather forecasting center. Read the full story.

    China Daily via Reuters

    A man struggles against strong winds during a rainstorm as typhoon Nesat hits Haikou, Hainan province, China, on Sept. 29.

    Romeo Ranoco / Reuters

    A resident hangs clothes to dry on the rooftop of her submerged house in floodwaters brought by Typhoon Nesat, in Candaba town, Pampanga province, north of Manila, the Philippines, on September 30.

    Bullit Marquez / AP

    Volunteers help residents to cross under a strong current as they evacuate to safer grounds following massive flooding in Calumpit township, the Philippines, on Sept. 30.

    Bullit Marquez / AP

    Volunteers help residents to cross under a strong current as they evacuate to safer grounds following massive flooding in Calumpit township, the Philippines, on Sept. 30.

     See more images of Typhoon Nesat on PhotoBlog.

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  • 30
    Sep
    2011
    1:03am, EDT

    Chinafotopress / Getty Images

    People run in strong winds on Friday, Sept. 29, 2011 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. Typhoon Nesat, the 17th typhoon to hit China this year, landed in Wenchang of Hainan province on Thursday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of 320,000 residents in Hainan province. (

    Typhoon Nesat moves to Vietnam after hitting China

    AP reports:

    HONG KONG — A powerful typhoon that forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes on an island in southern China appeared to have caused little damage Friday and was sweeping away from the country toward Vietnam.

    Typhoon Nesat was expected to make landfall in Vietnam late Friday or early Saturday, after flooding streets on China's Hainan island on Thursday. Hainan authorities had plenty of time to prepare for the storm as it churned across the South China Sea from the Philippines, where it killed at least 43 people and left 30 missing earlier in the week. Full story.

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  • 29
    Sep
    2011
    10:42am, EDT

    Philippines residents recover after Typhoon Nesat

    Cheryl Ravelo / Reuters

    A resident holds onto an electrical post as he takes a rest from swimming in floodwaters brought by Typhoon Nesat in Apalit Pampanga, north of Manila Sept. 29.

    John Javellana / Reuters

    Residents use a makeshift raft to go about a flooded compound in Malabon, north of Metro Manila Sept. 29.

    Noel Celis / AFP - Getty Images

    Residents salvage housing materials from a community on Manila Bay in Navotas, part of Metro Manila, on Sept. 29, in an area that was destroyed by storm surges unleashed by Typhoon Nesat. Slum dwellers in the Philippine capital rummaged through their flattened homes as villagers on remote farms battled floods, two days after a monster typhoon killed at least 39 people. Authorities warned the death toll from Typhoon Nesat would continue to climb, with dozens of people still missing and more accidents likely as tens of thousands of others struggled with the storm's aftermath.

    Noel Celis / AFP - Getty Images

    A child cries amongst debris from a community on Manila Bay in Navotas, part of Metro Manila, on Sept. 29, in an area that was destroyed by storm surges unleashed by Typhoon Nesat.

     

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  • 28
    Sep
    2011
    11:30pm, EDT

    Ed Jones / AFP - Getty Images

    Low dark cloud hangs over an empty Victoria Harbour in the morning during a Typhoon 8 Signal Warning as Typhoon Nesat passed close to Hong Kong on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. Hong Kong locked down on September 29, suspending financial markets, schools and transport services as strong winds from the deadly typhoon Nesat brought disruption to the city.

    Typhoon Nesat passed close to Hong Kong

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  • 28
    Sep
    2011
    9:36am, EDT

    Typhoon Nesat leaves severe flooding near Manila

    Francis R. Malasig / EPA

    Filipinos collect house materials which washed ashore due to Typhoon Nesat at a coastal village in Navotas city, north of Manila, Philippines on Sept. 28.

    Jay Directo / AFP - Getty Images

    Residents salvage housing materials from a Manila Bay community that was destroyed by storm surges unleashed by Typhoon Nesat, on September 28. Some areas on the outskirts of Manila enduring floods up to 1.5 metres (five feet) deep, authorities sent out boats to rescue people stranded on the roofs of their houses.

    Noel Celis / AFP - Getty Images

    Residents of a flood affected area in Calumpit, Bulacan, north of Manila evacuate at a covered court after a river swelled caused by rain brought by tyhpoon Nesat on Sept. 28..

    Noel Celis / AFP - Getty Images

    A man wades through flood water after Pampanga river swelled caused by the heavy rains brought by typhoon Nesat in Calumpit, Bulacan, north of Manila on September 28. Thousands of people battled widespread flooding and another storm bore down on the country.

     From msnbc.com news services:

    MANILA, Philippines — Downtown areas along Manila Bay saw their worst flooding in decades as a powerful typhoon dumped rain and sent surging waves as tall as palm trees crashing over sea walls.

    At least 16 people were killed, most of them in metropolitan Manila, which already was soaked by heavy monsoon rains ahead of Typhoon Nesat's arrival.

    The victims included a 22-month-old boy, Reuters reported. Large portions of Manila were without power.

    Pounding rains obscured the view of anyone on the streets as soldiers and police scrambled to safely evacuate thousands of people in low-lying areas, where rivers and the sea spilled into shanties, hospitals, swanky hotels and even the seaside U.S. Embassy compound, which was closed Tuesday.

    "It's flooded everywhere. We don't have a place to go for shelter. Even my motorcycle got filled with water," said motorist Ray Gonzales, one of thousands stranded by fast-rising floodwaters.

    For more on the story click here.

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  • 27
    Sep
    2011
    12:55am, EDT

    Huge floods in Manila as typhoon hits Philippines

    Aaron Favila / AP

    Residents living beside a river carry belongings as they evacuate to higher grounds in Navotas, north of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Sept. 27, 2011 as Typhoon Nesat hits the country.

    Francis R. Malasig / EPA

    A Filipino crosses a swollen river in Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011.

    Charism Sayat / AFP - Getty Images

    Residents brave heavy rains and strong winds as they cross a makeshift wooden bridge during an evacuation from their flooded homes due to Typhoon Nesat in Legazpi City, Albay province, south of Manila on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011.

     

    From AP reports:

    MANILA, Philippines — Massive flooding hit the Philippine capital on Tuesday as typhoon winds and rains isolated the historic old city where residents waded in waist-deep waters, dodging tree branches and debris.

    Authorities ordered more than 100,000 people to shelter from rains and wind gusts of up to 106 miles (170 kilometers) per hour. At least one person — a baby — drowned and four fishermen were reported missing.

    Typhoon Nesat made landfall before dawn over eastern mountainous Isabela and Aurora provinces, which face the Pacific Ocean, then headed inland through farmlands north of Manila, the government weather bureau said. It was packing sustained winds of 87 mph (140 kph).

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