Flash Floods Kill More Than a Thousand in Southern Philippines

Flash Floods in Southern Philippines
Erik De Castro / Reuters

Wreckage
Damaged vehicles washed away by Typhoon Washi's flash floods lie in a ditch in Balulang village in Cagayan de Oro City, on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, on Dec. 17, 2011.

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