Death Toll Climbs As Typhoon Bopha Pounds Southern Philippines

NEW BATAAN, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 09: Typhoon affected residents ask for help along the highway in heavily devastated town of New Bataan, Compostela Valley province on December 9, 2012. 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)