Philippines Storm

Thousands of fallen logs carried by floodwaters are lodged between the houses in this residential community in the typhoon ravaged town of Real, in the province of Quezon, east of Manila. Rescuers scrambled Dec. 3, 2004, to reach thousands of people stranded by a powerful typhoon that sliced through the Philippines on the heels of a rainstorm which left more than 650 people dead and hundreds missing.

A woman looks out of her house which was buried by a landslide in the mountainside town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines Dec. 3, 2004. Rescue operations were hampered by to landslides and heavy rains.

Men lift up electrical power lines from a toppled post to let a passenger vehicle pass through muddy floodwaters in the mountainside town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines Dec. 3, 2004 where rescue operations were hampered due to landslides and heavy rains the few past days.

Residents pass by a vehicle that was damaged by muddy floodwaters in the mountainside town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines Dec. 3, 2004.

A group of men carry their sick relatives in a hammock as they walk in the mud at a landslide site Dec. 2, 2004, in the typhoon-ravaged town of Real, east of Manila, Philippines.

Residents walk along a closed bridge as heavy rains begin to envelop their surroundings in the typhoon-hit town of Gabaldon in Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines Dec. 2, 2004.

Two government soldiers pass an infant along the line at a landslide site Dec. 3, 2004 as the typhoon-ravaged town of Real (east of Manila) remained isolated.

A worker of the National Disaster Coordinating Council is silhouetted against a weather satellite image showing the path of typhoon Nanmadol in Manila Dec. 2, 2004.

A group of women evacuees huddle together as they wait for the distribution of relief goods Dec. 2, 2004 in Maragundon village in the typhoon-ravaged town of Real, east of Manila.

Heavily armed soldiers provide security to their comrades who are transporting relief goods and medical supplies Dec. 2, 2004.

Two men struggle in the mud as they salvage some of their belongings from their mud-covered house Dec. 1, 2004 in the town of Real after it was hit by landslides.

In this photo released by the Philippine Air Force, residents view a collapsed bridge after it was hit by a storm in Infanta town, Quezon province, eastern Philippines Nov. 30, 2004.

Trucks and people get trapped on a road by floodwaters in Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines Nov. 30, 2004.

Typhoon Nanmadol, shown in this satellite image gathered by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center Dec. 1, 2004, was roaring toward the Philippines at 27 miles per hour and winds of up to 150 mph.

Two children walk beside a house almost totally submerged in muddy waters at the storm-ravaged town of Dingalan in Aurora province, about 40 miles east of Manila, Dec. 1, 2004.

Logs and uprooted trees litter a swollen river in Dingalan town, Aurora province Dec. 1, 2004.