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At least seven dead after Typhoon Nesat pounds Philippines
Category-3 typhoon lashed crop-growing provinces and brought capital Manila to near standstill
Typhoon Nesat brought the Philippine capital to a near standstill, with its vast rain band also flooding remote farms and vicious winds tearing roofs off buildings in coastal towns (AFP/Getty Images)
A man pushes his bicycle through heavy rain and winds along Roxas Boulevard in Manila on September 27, 2011 (AFP/Getty Images)
Motorists drive along a flooded road in Manila on September 27, 2011 (AFP/Getty Images)
A man and his son make their way along a flooded street during typhoon Nesat (AFP/Getty Images)
A half submerged statue stands at the swelled Marikina River during typhoon Nesat in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila (AFP/Getty Images)
Among the dead following the typhoon was a 22-month-old boy, and four others were missing, the disaster agency said (AFP/Getty Images)
As Nesat cleared Luzon island’s west coast and headed toward northern Vietnam, weather officials said a tropical depression was forming in the Pacific Ocean that could affect northern Luzon over the weekend (AFP/Getty Images)
Crop damage in the northern Cagayan Valley area may begin to be assessed on Wednesday, when government offices and financial markets in the capital are set to reopen (AFP/Getty Images)
Nesat was a category 3 typhoon with winds of around 200 km per hour (125 mph) when it hit the northern provinces of Luzon island just before dawn on Tuesday (AFP/Getty Images)
