Victims beg for food after Philippine typhoon
- Published: 9 Dec 2012 at 10.46
- Online news: World
Desperate families begged for food 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.
Children beg for alms on a roadside in the town of Osmena in Compostela Valley province on Sunday. Desperate families begged for food, 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.
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