Photo gallery: Typhoon Bopha victims beg for food in Philippines while waiting for donations
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An elderly woman, a victim of devastating Typhoon Bopha, begs for alms next to a sign displayed along the roadside in the town of Nabunturan town in Compostela Valley province on Dec 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Children, victims of devastating Typhoon Bopha, beg for alms along a roadside in the town of Osmena in Compostela Valley province on Dec 9, 2012, five days after the storm hit the southern Philippines. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Typhoon victims hold placards appealing for food and aid from motorists along a road in Osmena town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Dec 9, 2012. Residents in typhoon-hit areas on southern Mindanao island have been appealing for food, water and other relief supplies. The placards read, "Donation for the crisis, have mercy on us". -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Typhoon victims ask for relief supplies in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Dec 9, 2012. Residents in typhoon-hit areas on southern Mindanao island have been appealing for food, water and other relief supplies. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Residents affected by typhoon Bopha crowd as relief goods are distributed at New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Sunday, Dec 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Residents affected by typhoon Bopha crowd as relief goods are distributed at New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Sunday, Dec 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
An elderly woman, a victim of devastating Typhoon Bopha, begs for alms next to a sign displayed along the roadside in the town of Nabunturan town in Compostela Valley province on Dec 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Children, victims of devastating Typhoon Bopha, beg for alms along a roadside in the town of Osmena in Compostela Valley province on Dec 9, 2012, five days after the storm hit the southern Philippines. -- PHOTO: AFP
Typhoon victims hold placards appealing for food and aid from motorists along a road in Osmena town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Dec 9, 2012. Residents in typhoon-hit areas on southern Mindanao island have been appealing for food, water and other relief supplies. The placards read, "Donation for the crisis, have mercy on us". -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Typhoon victims ask for relief supplies in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Dec 9, 2012. Residents in typhoon-hit areas on southern Mindanao island have been appealing for food, water and other relief supplies. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Residents affected by typhoon Bopha crowd as relief goods are distributed at New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Sunday, Dec 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Residents affected by typhoon Bopha crowd as relief goods are distributed at New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Sunday, Dec 9, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AFP) - Desperate families begged for food on Sunday, days after a typhoon brought death and destruction to parts of a southern Philippine island, as the storm returned to the north of the country.
Northern areas escaped with heavy rain after the storm weakened. But scenes of hardship were everywhere in southern areas that last week felt the full fury of the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year. Officials said 548 people are confirmed dead, most of them in the southern island of Mindanao.
