Typhoon victims mourn and attempt to Rebuild

Mashin Daclag looks after one of her children, only 2 of her 5 children survived after flash floods hit her village in Cagayan de Oro City. She is pictured sitting where her house used to be located.

Villages in Cagayan de Oro city have been devastated by flash floods. Aid workers, government agencies, and survivors have been cleaning up debris to look for missing bodies and to help rebuild what has been damaged.

Survivors carry steel, copper and other metals to sell back to junkyards. With their homes and livelihoods destroyed, any amount of income can help them survive.

A survivor helps clean up the rubble in his neighborhood.

A sub-division looks like a waste land with homes washed away and cars flipped over.

A young man carefully sorts through soggy letters that he found.

Unsupervised children enjoy a snack when aid workers give them some supplies. The United Nations has asked local government officials to document and aid orphans to protect them from potential human trafficking.

A local city prosecutor points out to a Red Cross worker the destructive effect of the flash flood and the damage from the logs from a nearby sawmill to a Red Cross aid worker.

A sign written with mud reads 'Bloody X-Mas Very & New Sad Year'.