Philippine teen typhoon survivor takes leap of faith - in pictures


  • A still from a video of Oshea Aguirre, a teenager from the Philippines, trapped in swirling flood water in Cebu. All Photos: Aezel Aguirre / Facebook
    A still from a video of Oshea Aguirre, a teenager from the Philippines, trapped in swirling flood water in Cebu. All Photos: Aezel Aguirre / Facebook
  • People across the Cotcot Liloan neighbourhood of Cebu are among tens of thousands who need food supplies and shelter
    People across the Cotcot Liloan neighbourhood of Cebu are among tens of thousands who need food supplies and shelter
  • The Aguirre family were separated as surging flood waters submerged their home in minutes
    The Aguirre family were separated as surging flood waters submerged their home in minutes
  • The search for belongings begins a day after the super typhoon claimed at least four lives and caused widespread damage
    The search for belongings begins a day after the super typhoon claimed at least four lives and caused widespread damage
  • The flood waters took hours to subside and people remained on their roofs for more than seven hours
    The flood waters took hours to subside and people remained on their roofs for more than seven hours
  • The Aguirre family in happy times during a trip to Singapore
    The Aguirre family in happy times during a trip to Singapore
  • More than a million people have been displaced as floods damaged homes, triggered mudslides and cut power across the Philippines
    More than a million people have been displaced as floods damaged homes, triggered mudslides and cut power across the Philippines
  • Houses and rice fields are flooded in Tuguegarao City, north of Manila after a river overflowed following heavy rains brought on by Super Typhoon Fung-wong. AFP
    Houses and rice fields are flooded in Tuguegarao City, north of Manila after a river overflowed following heavy rains brought on by Super Typhoon Fung-wong. AFP
  • People walk near a wrecked part of the Baler-Casiguran road a day after Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in Dipaculao, Aurora, Philippines. Reuters
    People walk near a wrecked part of the Baler-Casiguran road a day after Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in Dipaculao, Aurora, Philippines. Reuters
  • A resident reacts near her flood-hit house in Tuao town, Cagayan province, after Super Typhoon Fung-wong hit the Philippines leaving villages submerged and towns without electricity. AFP
    A resident reacts near her flood-hit house in Tuao town, Cagayan province, after Super Typhoon Fung-wong hit the Philippines leaving villages submerged and towns without electricity. AFP