The Philippines is being battered by the strongest storm to hit this year - Typhoon Nesat, with an enormous diameter of 650km (400 miles) - causing flooding, landslides and power cuts.
Manila's historic bayside area was submerged after storm surges topped the sea wall. Parts of a hospital and luxury hotel had to be evacuated, while areas housing the US embassy, central bank and finance department were flooded.
Powerful storm hits main island flooding streets and leaving more than 100,000 residents stranded. Large parts of the capital, Manila, a city of 13 million, are without power and the financial markets, schools and government offices have been shut.
A man hangs on to what remains of a house that was built on stilts as he tries to recover belongings after Typhoon Nesat wiped out most of his neighbors' homes along a coastal village in Navotas, north of Manila, Philippines
A cyclist wades across a flooded street in Manila
Locals brave strong winds in Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines
Cargo Ship washed ashore at the port in Navotas city
A flooded street during typhoon Nesat in San Mateo
Residents evacuate to safer grounds with their belongings as massive flooding continues for the second day Saturday Oct. 1, 2011 at Calumpit township, Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines.
Rescuers ferry residents to safer grounds as others wade through floodwaters on the second day of massive flooding at Calumpit township, Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines Saturday Oct.1, 2011
Shanties built along the shore were destroyed by big waves during the height of typhoon Nesat as rains pour due to Typhoon Nalgae in Navotas town north of Manila, Philippines
A resident flees from strong winds as an oil tanker in background is battered by big waves after it broke off its anchor and slammed a row of shanties at the height of typhoon Nesat Tuesday Sept. 27, 2011, Philippines
Typhoon Nesat brought the Philippine capital to a near standstill,as motorists drive along a flooded road in Manila, Sept. 27,2011
Debris litter the scenic Roxas boulevard near a seawall in Manila after Typhoon Nesat battered the capital and other parts of northeastern Philippines, Sept. 27, 2011. Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters, dodging branches and flying debris Tuesday as Typhoon Nesat sent surging waves crashing over seawalls and submerging entire neighborhoods
Manila's historic bayside area was submerged after storm surges topped the sea wall. Parts of a hospital and luxury hotel had to be evacuated, while areas housing the US embassy, central bank and finance department were flooded.
Powerful storm hits main island flooding streets and leaving more than 100,000 residents stranded. Large parts of the capital, Manila, a city of 13 million, are without power and the financial markets, schools and government offices have been shut.
A man hangs on to what remains of a house that was built on stilts as he tries to recover belongings after Typhoon Nesat wiped out most of his neighbors' homes along a coastal village in Navotas, north of Manila, Philippines
A cyclist wades across a flooded street in Manila
A flooded street during typhoon Nesat in San Mateo
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