Haikou, China — People brave strong winds and rain on a street as a typhoon hit South China's Hainan province. The powerful typhoon slammed into southern China after skirting Hong Kong and bringing death and widespread flooding to the Philippines earlier this week.

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Haikou, China — Motorcyclists hold on to a tree in strong winds as typhoon Nesat hits.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Associated Press

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Lapaz, Philippines — Filipino children play in floodwaters. Rescuers rushed relief goods and medicines to wide areas in the northern Philippines still flooded in the aftermath of a powerful typhoon that killed 41 people. Thousands remained stranded across the northern Philippines by floods and landslides that cut roads.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DENNIS M. SABANGAN / EPA

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Cabiao, Philippines — Aerial view from a Philippine coast guard chopper over a flooded rice field. The weather bureau said it was closely monitoring another tropical storm which could begin affecting the northern provinces.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Philippine Coast Guard

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Apalit Pampanga, Philippines — Residents rest on a roof as floodwaters brought by Typhoon Nesat rise.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: CHERYL RAVELO / Reuters

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Navotas, Philippines — A child cries amid debris from a community on Manila Bay, in an area that was destroyed by storm surges unleashed by Typhoon Nesat. Slum dwellers in the Philippine capital rummaged through their flattened homes as villagers on remote farms battled floods.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NOEL CELIS / AFP / Getty Images

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Manila — Residents salvage housing materials from a community on Manila Bay in an area that was destroyed by storm surges unleashed by Typhoon Nesat.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NOEL CELIS / AFP / Getty Images

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Manila — Residents salvage housing materials from a Manila Bay community. With some areas on the outskirts of Manila enduring floods up to 5 feet deep, authorities sent out boats to rescue people stranded on rooftops.

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Manila, Philippines — Residents salvage housing materials from a Manila Bay community that was destroyed by storm surges unleashed by Typhoon Nesat.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JAY DIRECTO / AFP/Getty Images

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Manila, Philippines — A woman keeps her child engaged in the midst of destruction wrought by Typhoon Nesat.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bullit Marquez / Associated Press

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Baseco, Philippines — A boy with his haul of scavenged material in the Tondo slum, where a cargo ship broke its anchor.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DENNIS M. SABANGAN / European Pressphoto Agency

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Navotas, Philippines — Typhoon Nesat also wreaked havoc in the Navotas slum.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DENNIS M. SABANGAN / European Pressphoto Agency

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Navotas, Philippines — A man seeks to recover belongings from his house, built on stilts, in Navotas.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Aaron Favila / Associated Press

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Navotas, Philippines — A school converted into an evacuation center provides refuge for typhoon victims in Navotas.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCIS R. MALASIG / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila, Philippines — A man and his child are among those seeking shelter at an evacuation center in the Philippine capital.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: HANNAH REYES / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila, Philippines — Young evacuees at a shelter in Manila take in their surroundings.

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Manila, Philippines — People wait in line for relief supplies at a school that was turned into an evacuation center.

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Manila, Philippines — Children throng a food distribution area at an evacuation center.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: HANNAH REYES / European Pressphoto Agency

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Baseco, Philippines — Typhoon Nesat washed debris and belongings ashore in the Tondo slum area.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DENNIS M. SABANGAN / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila, Philippines — Filipinos navigate floodwaters along Roxas Boulevard in Manila. Typhoon Nesat's strong winds toppled electric posts, uprooted trees and tore off roofs, including that of an evacuation center housing about 500 people. Classes and stock trading were suspended.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCIS R. MALASIG / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila, Philippines — Waves from Typhoon Nesat inundate a seawall on Roxas Boulevard in Manila. At least seven people were killed as Nesat lashed the Philippines, authorities said, bringing waist-deep floods, blackouts and dramatic storm surges.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TED ALJIBE / AFP/Getty Images

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Manila, Philippines — Vehicles on a thoroughfare in Manila were among the casualties of Typhoon Nesat.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCIS R. MALASIG / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila, Philippines — A statue is half-submerged at the swollen Marikina river east of Manila.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NOEL CELIS / AFP/Getty Images

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Manila, Philippines — Residents north of Manila navigate floodwaters brought by Typhoon Nesat.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: REUTERS

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Manila, Philippines — Residents carry a pig down a flooded street in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila.

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Manila, Philippines — Residents evacuate a flooded area by boat in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila. Typhoon Nesat brought Manila to a near-standstill.

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San Mateo, Philippines — Rescuers help evacuate a man carrying a dead newborn as floodwaters begin to rise around the house where the wake is being held in San Mateo town in Rizal province, east of Manila.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROLEX DELA PENA / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila, Philippines — Debris litters the scenic Roxas Boulevard near a seawall in Manila after Typhoon Nesat battered the capital and other parts of northeastern Philippines. Residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters, dodging branches and flying debris as Nesat sent waves crashing over seawalls and submerging entire neighborhoods.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bullit Marquez / Associated Press

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Valenzuela City, Philippines — A boy cries as he waits for the search and recovery of his relatives beneath the rubble after strong winds from Typhoon Nesat knocked down a wall, killing four residents in Valenzuela City.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: CHERYL RAVELO / REUTERS

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Paranaque City, Philippines — Rescuers aid a child under a bridge in Paranaque City, south of Manila.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCIS R. MALASIG / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila. Philippines — Residents seek shelter in a makeshift evacuation center after their homes are submerged by floodwaters brought by Typhoon Nesat.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: CHERYL RAVELO / REUTERS

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Paranaque City, Philippines — A resident carries her child during an evacuation in Paranaque City, south of Manila.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCIS R. MALASIG / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila, Philippines — Typhoon Nesat uprooted trees, caused power outages and closed financial markets, government offices, transport and schools.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROMEO RANOCO / REUTERS

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Paranaque City, Philippines — Filipinos retrieve the body of a woman who was pinned under a collapsed wall in a residential compound amid heavy rains and winds in Valenzuela City, east of Manila.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROLEX DELA PENA / European Pressphoto Agency

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Manila, Philippines — Typhoon Nesat also downed electric posts as it lashed the Philippines with deadly force.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROMEO RANOCO / REUTERS

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