A Filipino rescue worker during a search and rescue operation at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipino rescue workers during a search and retrieval operation at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipino rescue workers during a search and retrieval operation at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipino rescue workers conduct a search and rescue operation at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipino rescue workers during a search and rescue operation at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
A Filipino flood victim holds a baby in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
A view of a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
A Filipino flood victim walks past a truck in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipino flood victims reach for goods during a relief distribution inside a temporary evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipinos retrieved a damaged vehicle in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipino flood victims inside a temporary evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
A Filipino flood victim receives medical attention outside a temporary evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipino flood victims are seen inside a temporary evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipinos search for their belongings in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Doctor Christoph Niederberger (C), Committee of German Doctors, gives medical attention to Filipino flood victims during a medical mission at a temporary evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipinos search belongings in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipinos search belongings at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipino flood victims reach for goods during a relief distribution inside a temporary evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipinos retrieve a vehicle in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Doctor Christoph Niederberger (L), Committee of German Doctors, gives medical attention to Filipino flood victims during a medical mission at a temporary evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipinos search for their belongings in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Doctor Christoph Niederberger (R), Committee of German Doctors, gives medical attention to Filipino flood victims during a medical mission at a temporary evacuation center in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
A view of a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Filipinos search belongings in a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
A Filipino flood victim collect metals from destroyed houses at a village that was devastated by rampaging flood waters, in Cagayan De Oro City, southern Mindanao, Philippines, 20 December 2011. The death toll in floods that ravaged two southern Philippines was expected to top 1,000 as many remained missing, the head of the government‘s disaster relief agency said Tuesday. Benito Ramos, administrator of the Office of Civil Defence, said rescue workers had intensified search operations for an undetermined number of missing in the badly hit cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. 'The death toll will likely be more than 1,000 because many are still missing,' he said. 'We don‘t have an accurate tally of the missing because we've lost count with the rising numbers.' Ramos said more than 330,000 displaced residents were expected to spend Christmas and the New Year in evacuation centres because they have no homes to return to. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
