Powerful typhoon hits Philippines

Residents, their faces covered with masks, stand next to coffins of deceased relatives who died during flash floods caused by Typhoon Bopha, at the former public market in the town of New Bataan in Compostela Valley province on December 8, 2012. Hungry and homeless typhoon survivors appealed for help as the ravaged southern Philippines mourned hundreds of dead.

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