Residents wade in floodwaters caused by Typhoon Ondoy in Cainta Rizal east of Manila September 27, 2009. Nearly 60 people were killed, Manila was blacked out and airline flights were suspended as a powerful typhoon battered the main Philippines island of Luzon on Saturday, disaster officials said. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Residents wade in floodwaters caused by Typhoon Ondoy in Cainta Rizal east of Manila September 27, 2009. Nearly 60 people were killed, Manila was blacked out and airline flights were suspended as a powerful typhoon battered the main Philippines island of Luzon on Saturday, disaster officials said.

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  1. Protesters and typhoon victims pause to pray by the Marikina Riverbank east of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009, to observe the 40th day of the worst flooding in 42 years of the capital that has also killed more than 200 people in Marikina and the neighboring township of Cainta. alone. The fourth typhoon to hit the country in as many weeks lashed the capital and nearby provinces over the weekend leaving fresh floods and adding more misery to recent deadly storms before blowing out of the country and headed to Vietnam. The sign reads "The 40th day observance for the victims of typhoon Ondoy."
  2. A woman sleeps with her cat, inside an evacuation center for victims hit by floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy, in the town of Taytay, Rizal east of Metro Manila, October 13, 2009.
  3. A man recovers a fishing net from his house, which was hit by floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy, in the town of Taytay, Rizal east of Metro Manila, October 13, 2009.
  4. A woman sleeps with her cat, inside an evacuation center for victims hit by floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy, in the town of Taytay, Rizal east of Metro Manila, October 13, 2009.
  5. Children sleep inside an evacuation center for victims hit by floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy, in the town of Taytay, Rizal east of Metro Manila, October 13, 2009.
  6. A vendor waits for customers inside a shop hit by floodwaters caused by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, in Pasig, metro Manila October 9, 2009.
  7. A man walks on a makeshift footpath inside his flooded residence caused by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, in Pasig, metro Manila October 9, 2009.
  8. A child smiles as he floats in a pail on floodwaters caused by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, in Pasig, metro Manila October 9, 2009.
  9. Workers pile garbage temporarily collected along a busy street after floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, during a clean-up operation in Pasig, Metro Manila, October 8, 2009.
  10. A man gets a haircut inside a barber shop hit by floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy, in the town of Taytay, in Rizal, east of Metro Manila October 8, 2009.
  11. Men scavenge for usable materials from garbage collected and temporarily dumped along a busy street after floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, during a clean-up operation in Pasig, Metro Manila, October 8, 2009.
  12. A boy sleeps by a jeepney converted into a makeshift dwelling inside an evacuation center for victims hit by floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy in the town of Taytay, in Rizal, east of Metro Manila, October 8, 2009.
  13. Men transfer recovered empty coffins from a shop devastated by floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy in the town of Taytay, in Rizal east of Metro Manila October 8, 2009. Tropical storm Parma slammed into the northern Philippines on Saturday, triggering floods and landslides and destroying nearly 800 million pesos ($16.8 million) in crops and infrastructure in the country, according to officials and radio reports.
  14. A man gets a haircut inside a barber shop hit by floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy in the town of Taytay, in Rizal east of Metro Manila October 8, 2009.
  15. A boy carries garbage collected after Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, hit, during a clean-up operation in Pasig, Metro Manila October 3, 2009. A powerful typhoon slammed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines on Saturday, tearing roofs off houses and uprooting trees, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Officials said Typhoon Parma, the strongest typhoon to hit the country since 2006, may not be as destructive as feared since it had made landfall in the sparsely-populated Cagayan province and would weaken over land.
  16. An excavator sits atop of garbage collected after Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, during a clean-up operation in Pasig, Metro Manila October 3, 2009. A powerful typhoon slammed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines on Saturday, tearing roofs off houses and uprooting trees, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Officials said Typhoon Parma, the strongest typhoon to hit the country since 2006, may not be as destructive as feared since it had made landfall in the sparsely-populated Cagayan province and would weaken over land.

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