Typhoon Bopha Wreaks Havoc On The Philippines, Leaving 224 Dead

A rescuer covers bodies recovered from flashflood in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The death toll from Typhoon Bhopa climbed over 280 Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. <AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig>

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2012 shows a damaged car and house after typhoon Bopha hit New Bataan town in southern province of Compostela Valley, the Philippines. The death toll from typhoon Bopha, locally known as Pablo, rises to 224, as Bopha continues to ravage several southern Philippine provinces. <Xinhua/JEMA>

Residents cross a river with the body of a child after retrieving it from the flash flood-hit village of Andap, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, a day after the devastating Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country’s south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. <AP Photo/Bullit Marquez>