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The Aftermath of Typhoon Yoyong in the Philippines

Learn about the devastation caused by Typhoon Yoyong and the subsequent storms in the Philippines, with images of flooded areas, landslides, and rescue efforts. Thousands impacted, survivors struggle amidst destruction.

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The Aftermath of Typhoon Yoyong in the Philippines

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  1. FACTS AND FIGURES of the successive onslaughts by Storm “Unding”, Tropical Depressions “Violeta” and “Winnie” and Typhoon “Yoyong”

  2. Logs and uprooted trees litter a swollen river in Dingalan town, 70 kms east of Manila. Terrified survivors were fleeing the northeastern Philippines as a new storm bore down on the area where floods and landslides have killed more than 400 people and left nearly 200 missing.(AFP/Pool/Aaron Favila)

  3. In this aerial photo released by the Philippine Air Force, thousands of fallen logs - illegally logged - carried by floodwaters are lodged between the houses in these residential community in the typhoon ravaged town of Real, in the province of Quezon, east of Manila, on Thursday, December 2, 2004. Rescuers scrambled Friday December 3 to reach thousands of people stranded by a powerful typhoon that sliced through the Philippines on the heels of a rainstorm which left ore than 650 people dead and hundreds missing. (AP Photo/Philippine Air Force, HO

  4. In this photo released by the Philippine Air Force, an aerial view shows the bare lands where the rampaging floodwaters and illegaly cut logs swept during a strong typhoon across Real town in the province of Quezon, east of Manila, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Rescuers scrambled Friday to reach thousands of people stranded by the powerful typhoon that sliced through the Philippines on the heels of a rainstorm which left ore than 650 people dead and hundreds missing. (AP Photo/Philippine Air Force, HO)

  5. A Filipino villager carries his dog while crossing floodwaters after a strong typhoon hit the town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, December 3, 2004. Floodwaters receded in the northern Philippines on Friday in the wake of a typhoon, but thousands of people remained cut off from help, hungry and at risk of disease after a week of severe flooding. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

  6. A man cleans his furniture as people in the area try to return their life to normal after a devastating typhoon Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 as the typhoon ravaged town of Real, east of Manila. Flash floods began to recede, revealing the magnitude of a disaster triggered by back-to-back storms that left more than 650 people dead and nearly 400 missing in the northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

  7. Residents use a ladder as they climb down a destroyed bridge Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 in Tignoan village in the typhoon ravaged town of Real, east of Manila. Flash floods began to recede, revealing the magnitude of a disaster triggered by back-to-back storms that left more than 650 people dead and nearly 400 missing in the northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

  8. A man weeps as Filipino villagers retrieve the body his son in the mountains of Siera Madre at the town of Real, Quezon December 3, 2004. Flood waters receded in the northern Philippines on Friday in the wake of a typhoon, but thousands of people remained cut off from help, hungry and at risk of disease after a week of severe flooding. REUTERS/Stringer

  9. A group of children walk on a flooded road past a electric pole toppled by strong winds in Gabaldon national road province of Nueva Ecija north of Manila.(AFP/Joel Nito)

  10. A Filipino flood survivor recovers at a government hospital in Manila December 3, 2004. Flood waters receded in the northern Philippines on Friday in the wake of a typhoon, but thousands of people remained cut off from help, hungry and at risk of disease after a week of severe flooding. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)

  11. Filipino villagers walk on a highway covered with debris from landslides in Infanta town in Quezon province December 4, 2004. Weather improved in the Philippines on Saturday after four heavy storms in two weeks, helping rescuers reach thousands cut off by landslides and floods, but supplies were short and fears of disease were spreading. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

  12. Filipinos carry an injured typhoon victim for evacuation from a hospital inundated by landslides in Infanta town in Quezon province December 4, 2004. Weather improved in the Philippines on Saturday after four heavy storms in two weeks, helping rescuers reach thousands cut off by landslides and floods, but supplies were short and fears of disease were spreading. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

  13. Filipino typhoon survivors ride on a truck going to an evacuation centre in Real town in Quezon province December 4, 2004. Weather improved in the Philippines on Saturday after four heavy storms in two weeks, helping rescuers reach thousands cut off by landslides and floods, but supplies were short and fears of disease were spreading. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

  14. Filipinos queue for relief goods in Infanta town in Quezon province December 4, 2004. Weather improved in the Philippines on Saturday after four heavy storms in two weeks, helping rescuers reach thousands cut off by landslides and floods, but supplies were short and fears of disease were spreading. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

  15. A boy wades through thick mud as he searches for snails to eat in floodedrice fields of the typhoon-ravaged town of Gabaldon in Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on Saturday Dec. 4, 2004. Relief goods started to come to famished survivors as the weather cleared today in villages ravaged by back-to-back storms that left 640 people dead and nearly 400 missing in the northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

  16. Residents of Infanta, east of Manila, hang clothes to dry and try to clear on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004 as a mound of uprooted trees, mud and other debris - brought down from nearby hills and mountains by landslides and flash floods during a powerful rainstorm earlier in the week - block the town's main road in eastern Quezon province. At least 640 people died and about 400 people are missing following a series of storms that wrecked Infanta and neighboring towns in the Philippines' eastern region. (AP Photo/Pat Roque

  17. A boy carries bananas, coconut and other food stuff as he makes his way through logs and other debris Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004 in Infanta, east of Manila. Uprooted trees, mud and other debris brought down from nearby hills and mountains by landslides and flash floods during a powerful rainstorm earlier in the week block the town's road. At least 640 people died and about 400 people are missing following a series of storms that wrecked Infanta and neighboring towns in the Philippines' eastern region. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

  18. Children walk beside a house almost totally submerged in muddy waters at the storm-ravaged town of Dingalan in Aurora province. John Paul II has told Church leaders in the Philippines he is 'deeply saddened' by floods and landslides that claimed hundreds of lives in Asia's Roman Catholic outpost.(AFP/Pool/Aaron Favila

  19. A man raises a bench as he helps in salvaging furniture inside a mud damaged church Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004 at Infanta town, east of Manila. Uprooted trees, mud and other debris brought down from nearby hills and mountains by landslides and flash floods during a powerful rainstorm earlier in the week block the town's road and destroyed houses. At least 640 people died and about 400 people are missing following a series of storms that wrecked Infanta and neighboring towns in the Philippines' eastern region. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

  20. Thousands of families displaced… Homes destroyed… Crops and livestock devastated… Add News Photos to My Yahoo!

  21. Dead 628 Missing 718 Injured 579 PDI, 12.6.04

  22. Our Response in Solidarity with our Filipino brothers and sisters… Paskuhan sa Quezon (Christmas in Quezon) “Adopt a Family…”

  23. Bring Back CHRIST this Christmas… Be part of the Family share-a-pail Christmas drive

  24. Can your families and friends share to make families happy this Christmas?

  25. Share a Family Pail • containing… • bottled water • rice • Instant cup noodles • coffee • sugar • Milk • Milo/ovaltine • Canned goods • Cooking oil • blanket/Mosquito net • Rubber slippers/underwear • Medicines • Flashlights and batteries • Cooking utensils

  26. Be part of the Community that reaches out to help…

  27. Can YOU live simply so that others may simply live???

  28. Comfort, comfort now my people… Human flesh shall surely see it… God is ready to decree it.

  29. Donations can be addressed to Justice and Peace Commission Philippine Province of the Religious of the Assumption Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company Branch: A. Arnaiz-San Lorenzo Branch Bank Code: SWIFT MBTCPHMM Account Holder: Philippine Province of the Religious of the Assumption Account Number: 089-2-08900003-8

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