Typhoon Megi Leaves Philippines In Shambles (PHOTOS)

By far the worst storm to hit the Philippines this year, Typhoon Megi reportedly left 11 Filipinos dead and over 200,000 homeless. Bridges were destroyed, farmers' crops were left in shambles, and even the luckier victims were still left without electricity, scrambling over their remains of their possessions.

According to reports, the slightly weakened typhoon is now bound for China, where residents are racing to prepare before it touches ground this coming Saturday, bringing with it heavy rains and strong winds. Though their region is still vulnerable to landslides, proud Filipinos are beginning the slow -- but certain -- recovery process.

See devastating photos of the Philippine regions left battered by Typhoon Megi here:

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Megi, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, left at least 10 people dead and widespread damage to agriculture and homes.

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Megi, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, left at least 10 people dead and widespread damage to agriculture and homes.

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rpr said on 21 Thursday 2010 am31 2:06 am: Wrong and wrong. Hurricane is just the name used in North and Central America, Typhoon is the name used in Asia. The generic name is "tropical cyclone." Hurricanes as well as typhoons rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. There is no difference in strength and both use the Saffir-Simpson scale from 1 to 5.

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[fairness81]

10:20 PM on 10/21/2010

There is really no need to feel sorry all the time when disaster hits. Stop overacting, it sounds like you are patronising them, which basically suggests that you are 'superior' to them. Life will go on, so just live your life, be happy, socialise, exercise and maybe pitch in some aid money if you want

The title seems to suggest that the entire nation is in shambles, which is totally wrong, The storm only hit the northern part.

[LaBrayne35]

01:03 PM on 10/21/2010

HEY, let's all send $100's of millions to the Philippines like we did to Haiti and then take a look after 6 months and see that NOTHING HAS IMPROVED. WHO gets the money?...we KNOW the starving, devastated population does NOT.

[fairness81]

10:09 PM on 10/21/2010

While both Haiti and the Philippines are developing countries, the Philippines is a lot better off than Haiti in disaster preparedness. The current Aquino government is actually serious in combatting corruption, plus the economy is growing at about 8% at the moment. You just don't see it on the news because the whole world just wants to view the country in a one-dimensional point of view, so there is hardly a level-playing field when it comes to journalism. When I hear stories of poverty, corruption, vice, terrorism and misery 100% of the time, it all just seems like a broken record. An abomination of sorts.

[Lahonda]

12:57 AM on 10/22/2010

The US government didn't send anything yet. Just promises of $1.5 Billion in funds. Not happening.

The public helped... I sent $2,000 to the Local Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders on behalf of all our staff. Wished we could have helped more.

[bacaja]

08:41 AM on 10/21/2010

Someplace gets devastated everyday, and more fearsomely than yesterday. Thank goodness global warming is just a myth.

[vivi fb]

01:33 AM on 10/21/2010

Poor, poor people, its always those in most need who suffer the most by these tragedies, everywhere in the world. If there is such thing as a biblical God, then he seems to hate poor people. And instead of doing wars, human beings should focus on helping people in these countries

[sathosiel]

10:08 AM on 10/21/2010

He does not hate poor people. Poor people help you to see the wickedness of the world. For instance how much money do we spend on war and killing fake enemies while places such as the Philippines that we once occupied suffer or for that matter the poor in our own country. How much money and power is enough?

[MIKEinNYC]

11:15 PM on 10/20/2010

Why is it a "typhoon" when it's there but a "hurricane" when it's here?

[dcbarton]

11:59 PM on 10/20/2010

A typhoon rotates the opposite direction of a hurricane. Typhoons are generally weaker than hurricanes, although this one had winds reaching 180 mph making it one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines in the last 30 years.

[rpr]

02:06 AM on 10/21/2010

Wrong and wrong.
Hurricane is just the name used in North and Central America, Typhoon is the name used in Asia. The generic name is "tropical cyclone."
Hurricanes as well as typhoons rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. There is no difference in strength and both use the Saffir-Simpson scale from 1 to 5.

[LaBrayne35]

01:03 PM on 10/21/2010

It is the PACIFIC...that is what they call huge wind storms in that part of the world.

[momofvegasgirls]

08:53 PM on 10/20/2010

Such a shame. In a developing nation where so many families are living in makeshift homes, there is never much protection from the elements.

I'm hoping the flood waters recede so they don't have another hideous outbreak of leptospirosis, like the last big one in the Fall of 2009. I wish them a speedy recovery.

[RichardWalden]

08:15 PM on 10/20/2010

The damage to the rice crop, which is in mid-harvest, will be the most enduring and cause the world's number 2 rice importer to have to spend money it cannot afford to make up the shortfall in domestic production. I like Operation USA (www.opusa.org) which has already sent in 200,000 water purification tablets to displaced families or those whose water systems have been corrupted by the flooding and storm damage.

[Joan Samson]

07:57 PM on 10/20/2010

Please review this sentence for correction. Thanks. "Bridges were destroyed, farmers' crops were left and shambles, and even the luckier victims were still left without electricity, scrambling over their remains of their possessions."