A government worker uses a bulldozer to clean damaged shanties hit by flash floods brought by Typhoon Washi (Sendong) in Iligan city, southern Philippines December 17th, 2011. A typhoon hit the southern Philippines triggering flash floods and landslides that killed nearly 180 people and forced about 100,000 from their homes, government and army officials said Saturday. Typhoon Washi, with winds gusting up to 90 km/h (56 mph), hit the resource rich island of Mindanao late Friday, bringing heavy rain that also grounded some domestic flights and left wide areas without power. |
