A dog stands next to a refrigerator, a bag and a dead chicken, likely recovered belongings of a nearby resident, while, in the background, rescue personnel from the Coast Guard wait for a truck to rec...

A family picture of happier times lies in the sand outside of a destroyed house on the island of Gaus on December 21, 2021 north of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines. The impact to many of the outer lying fis...

A family picture of happier times lies in the sand outside of a destroyed house on the island of Gaus on December 21, 2021 north of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines. The impact to many of the outer lying fis...

A family picture of happier times lies in the sand outside of a destroyed house on the island of Gaus on December 21, 2021 north of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines. The impact to many of the outer lying fis...

A family picture of happier times lies in the sand outside of a destroyed house on the island of Gaus. The impact of typhoon Rai on many of the outer lying fishing islands north of Ubay was immense....

A family picture of happier times lies in the sand outside of a destroyed house on the island of Gaus on December 21, 2021 north of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines. The impact to many of the outer lying fis...

Elyza Garcia (9) in Barangay Tapon in the aftermath of typhoon Rai. Elyza's family lost their house like almost every other family in this district (purok). The impact in this area was immense. Almo...

The alter of Loboc church which has been damaged in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

In the aftermath of typhoon Rai, chickens, drowned during the flooding, are plucked prior to being butchered and eaten before they spoil.

Precious Taldo (8) stands in the street near her family's house in barangay Agape in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

A family try to salvage possessions from their flooded home in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

A man wades along a flooded road in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

Coast Guard rescue workers prepare to load their fast boats onto a truck on a flooded road in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

A woman wades through flood water in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

A family picture of happier times lies in the sand outside of a destroyed house on the island of Gaus on December 21, 2021 north of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines. The impact to many of the outer lying fis...

(top) Ysabella Coyno (3) on the bed with her dad Mark Gregory Coyno (30) and cousin Jess Xander Acojedo (4) on a mattress on the floor, they are some of the 45 families relocated to a mall under const...

Reneboy Labandria (28) looks to the shore where his house used to stand in Barangay Fatima in the aftermath of typhoon Rai. Labandria explained how, at least, the first 2-3 houses in this area were w...

A teddy bear hangs from a tree with debris from houses lying around it in Barangay Fatima in the aftermath of typhoon Rai. The impact in this area was immense. Almost all of the houses in this distri...

A man walks by an overturned bus in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

A motorbike lies crushed under a pickup truck following severe and sudden flooding caused by typhoon Rai.

Two boys stand in front of a damaged house in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

Roberto A. Laurel tries to tidy up the family home the day after typhoon Rai.

Garry Belacho (46) stands in a doorway of his house, in deep flood water, in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

Garry Belacho (46) makes his way towards his house, through shoulder deep flood water, in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

Damaged possession in the Laurel family home the day after typhoon Rai.

Debris and damaged buildings in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

Members of the Caroro family tend to their house in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

The total destruction by Typhoon Rai of shore dwellings in Barangay Poblacion towards Barangay Fatima as seen in the days after typhoon Rai struck the coastal communities. The impact in this area was...

A young girl scales rubble and debris in Barangay Fatima in the aftermath of typhoon Rai. The impact in this area was immense. Almost all of the houses in this district (purok) were completely destro...

A young girl holds up a kitten in her makeshift shelter in Barangay Tapon in the aftermath of typhoon Rai. The impact in this area was immense. Almost all of the houses in this district (purok) were...

Rolando Lismis (39) had to swim from his house (back, left) to his neighbour's house (background, right) and later, to a third house (out of frame) at the height of the during the severe flooding casu...

Melenio Cuajao (21) (Red Shirt) and Sherwin Dalis (18) (white shirt) help tidy up around the houses of Rolando Lismis and Marcelo Tumanda after typhoon Rai December.

Marcelo Tumanda (56) sits in front of his house in the barangay of Valladolid and washes a pair of shoes. Tumanda, his family and neighbours took refuge on the second floor of the house but with an es...

A family of the sea gipsy Bajdao (Bajau) tribe take a rest on the side of the road having left a shelter where they took refuge from typhoon Rai.

Members of the sea gipsy Bajdao (Bajau) tribe walk from a shelter towards their home after typhoon Rai.

A man works cutting branches from a fallen tree in Tawala, the morning after typhoon Rai.

Melanie Primor (31) holds her nephew Christian Jay Jocoy (1 month) in the classroom that her family shares with four other families in the Camaya-an High School. Primor's district (purok) was ordered...

'Impoy' Prince Jhay Mark Timonio (8) sits in the debris of destroyed houses in Barangay Tapon in the aftermath of typhoon Rai. The impact in this area was immense. Almost all of the houses in this di...

A family seen from a typhoon-wrecked house in Barangay Tapon heading along the beach from Achila Barangay, further down the coast, towards Ubay to source water in the aftermath of typhoon Rai. The im...

Marites Pungkol (28), overwhelmed and distraught by the realisation that she has lost everything in the aftermath of typhoon Rai, breaks down and cries outside her tiny shelter in Barangay Tapon. The...

Janielle Galo sits in a makeshift shelter after her family lost their home in Barangay Tapon as a result of typhoon Rai. The impact in this area was immense. Almost all of the houses in this district...

A 4x4 vehicle left on its nose in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

A damaged home in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

(L-R) Jyrah Mae Villamor (6), Arianne Villamor (16) and Rhian Gil Pacatang (12), all from Valladolid, the hardest hit area in Loboc, wash clothes and relax near where their houses once stood before a...

Only two huts (one out of frame) out of ten were left standing in a resort after the passing of typhoon Rai.

Roberto A. Laurel tries to tidy up the family home the day after typhoon Rai.

An image of Jesus among the floating debris inside the house of the Laurel family in the aftermath of typhoon Rai.

Overturned cars lie strewn about in a rice paddy in the aftermath of Typhoon Rai.

Flood water and damaged furniyure inside Loboc church in the aftermath of typhoon Rai. The level which the rising waters reached can be seen on the walls around the church.