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In Pictures: 'Philippines Typhoon Floods and Landslides'

By James Wray Oct 10, 2009, 17:51 GMT

A handout picture dated and released 10 October 2009 by the Philippine Air Force shows flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210Km north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HO

A handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force, shows a rescuer (R) helping Filipinos onto a helicopter to evacuate from flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

Handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force, shows Filipinos who climbed trees for safety in flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

Handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force shows a rescuer carrying a Filipino child to evacuate from flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

Handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force shows a rescuer (C) leading residents to evacuate from flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

Handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force, shows a rescuer holding a Filipino resident airlifted by helicopter from flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

Handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force, shows a rescuer (Bottom) descending from a helicopter onto Filipinos sitting on a roof in flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

A handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force, shows rescuers helping Filipinos out of a helicopter after their evacuation from flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

A handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force, shows a rescuer carrying a Filipino woman out of a helicopter after she was evacuated from flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

A handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force shows rescuers helping Filipinos out of a helicopter after evacuating then from flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT

Handout picture dated 09 October 2009 and released 10 October by the Philippine Air Force shows rescuers helping a Filipino (R) evacuate from flood affected areas in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines. The death toll in landslides and floods that hit the northern Philippines reached 245 as rescuers struggled through mud and raging waters in search of dozens of people still missing, police and officials said. Seventy-eight of the fatalities were from the mountain town of La Trinidad in Benguet province, 210 kilometres north of Manila, where more than 30 houses were buried in landslides before dawn on 09 October when people were asleep. EPA/PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE/ HANDOUT