A powerful typhoon hit the Philippines, sending thousands of residents fleeing to government shelters.
Typhoon Bopha Pounds Southern Philippines
![Workers clear a highway of toppled trees after Typhoon Bopha made landfall in Compostela Valley, Philippines, December 4, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/94B61894-BCA7-4730-B8D7-2B88C3C4E397_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers clear a highway of toppled trees after Typhoon Bopha made landfall in Compostela Valley, Philippines, December 4, 2012.
![Residents retrieve their belongings after their house was destroyed by a fallen tree caused by Typhoon Bopha in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, December 4, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ECA3EB65-2DD5-47C4-B5DE-71F22C2F8956_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents retrieve their belongings after their house was destroyed by a fallen tree caused by Typhoon Bopha in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, December 4, 2012.
![Residents saw an uprooted tree to clear the road after Typhoon Bopha hit Tagum City, Philippines, December 4, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/56ABCA5A-FAD8-49C6-9063-71CC5B952F51_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents saw an uprooted tree to clear the road after Typhoon Bopha hit Tagum City, Philippines, December 4, 2012.
![A dog is chained near a damaged house after Typhoon Bopha made landfall in Compostela Valley, December 4, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F85E41D9-A2AF-4DAC-BC7C-F889D230E0F2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dog is chained near a damaged house after Typhoon Bopha made landfall in Compostela Valley, December 4, 2012.