Typhoon Morakot
I really like following this photo blog because it shows things from all over the world, not just here in America. It doesn't just show tragedies, like this one today, but celebrations and holidays that I've never heard of, from people that I know little about, and it also has things of nature from time to time. I also like it because with a photo, unlike a video, you can really study the details.
Anyway, the blog today covered the recent typhoon in Asia and the pictures covered both the small, intimate human moments as well as the large, horrific destruction that the typhoon caused. I've just posted a few pictures here, but if you want to see the rest of the 30 some pictures you can find the rest of them at the Big Picture website.
I love the eye contact here between the baby and the rescuer...
A man carries a baby as a family is rescued from flooding brought
by Typhoon Morakot in Chiatung, Pingtung county, in southern Taiwan,
on August 9, 2009. (PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images)
A hotel building leans before falling in a heavily flooded river
after Typhoon Morakot hit Taitung county, Taiwan, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009.
The six-story hotel collapsed and plunged into the river Sunday morning
after floodwaters eroded its base - all 300 people in the hotel had been
evacuated and uninjured, officials said. (AP Photo / AP Photo/ETTV Television)
Some of these really make me wonder how the these people got where they are... like the man on the pole. Did he just wait too long and get stuck? What about the man on the roof? Where are the little girls going? Where have they been? Also, did they all make it too safety? :) I hope so...
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A railroad bridge damaged by Typhoon Morakot is seen in Taitung, eastern Taiwan August 8, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer)
A man stands on a roof as he awaits rescue in heavy flooding in Taimali, south-eastern Taiwan's Taitung county on August 8, 2009 during Typhoon Morakot. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
A resident pulls a makeshift raft to transport two girls across a flooded street after Typhoon Morakot struck Cangnan county, in China's Zhejiang province, August 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Lang Lang)
A Philippine Coastguard rescuer helps a colleague while crossing a flooded area with strong current in Botolan town in northern Philippines August 7, 2009. The town of Botolan was submerged in floodwaters on Friday after a dike collapsed at the height of Typhoon Morakot. (REUTERS/Erik de Castro)
Rescuers try to reach a man who is stranded by floods as Typhoon Morakot approaches in Shanghai, China on August 9, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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