Powerful typhoon hits Philippines

In this photo taken Dec. 7, 2012 and released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau, mudflow is seen covering a town after flash floods caused by Typhoon Bopha hit Compostela Valley, southern Philippines. Rescuers were digging through mud and debris to retrieve more bodies strewn across the southern Philippines farming valley by the powerful typhoon. The death toll from the storm has surpassed 600, with more than 400 people missing.

Credit: AP Photo/Malacanang Photo Bureau, Jay Morales