Typhoon Rammasun Ravages the Philippines
![Residents charge their mobile phones with electricity from generators provided for free by the government, during a blackout inside a town hall, after Typhoon Rammasun battered the town of Rosario, Cavite city, south of Manila, July 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/49C6CF3D-22CC-4464-B3AF-0781E348AF29_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents charge their mobile phones with electricity from generators provided for free by the government, during a blackout inside a town hall, after Typhoon Rammasun battered the town of Rosario, Cavite city, south of Manila, July 18, 2014.
![People gather at the waterfront of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, July 17, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A2A95406-327F-4A7C-B3BB-B3CE8B1EE111_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather at the waterfront of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, July 17, 2014.
![Chinese coast guards patrol on a boat as ships are docked in the port before the landfall of Typhoon Rammasun, at a port in Haikou, Hainan, province July 17, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7000F905-27AF-411E-9865-72DD3451AC28_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chinese coast guards patrol on a boat as ships are docked in the port before the landfall of Typhoon Rammasun, at a port in Haikou, Hainan, province July 17, 2014.
![A man climbs on a fallen tree which damaged four houses in Rosario, July 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/89ABE5E5-79B6-4EAE-A371-22E361AC680D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man climbs on a fallen tree which damaged four houses in Rosario, July 18, 2014.