Death Toll Climbs As Typhoon Bopha Pounds Southern Philippines

BAGANGA, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 08: Residents step down from piles of logs on December 8, 2012 in the typhoon-hit town of Baganga, Davao Oriental province, Philippines. More than 500 people have been killed and scores of others remain missing after Typhoon Bopha, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year, pounded the region. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that about 5.3 million people are affected and 533 are missing. (Photo by Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)