Photos: Typhoon rakes through Philippines, bringing damaging winds, floods

Floodwaters caused by typhoon Vongfong inundate a village as it passed by Sorsogon province, eastern Philippines on Friday May 15, 2020. More than 150,000 people were riding out a weakening typhoon in emergency shelters in the Philippines on Friday after a mass evacuation that was complicated and slowed by the coronavirus.

A church roof blown away in Arteche, Eastern Samar, the province hardest hit by Typhoon Vongfong. Gusts of up to 185 kilometers per hour made landfall on the province on Thursday left a trail of destruction.

Rising floodwaters in Bulan town, in Sorsogon province peastern Philippines.

Road clearing operations Post-typhoon road clearing operations. Thousands fled their homes and crammed into evacuation centers while trying to follow social distance protocols for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the typhoon hammered the Philippines.

A flooded village in Bicol, Philippines, following heavy downpour brought by typhoon Vongfong.

A flooded school ground in Bulan, Bicol, Philippines. In Sorsogon, Dong Mendoza, spokesperson for Sorsogon Gov. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, in a text message said 19,000 families, or 70,000 people, were evacuated and were allowed to return home.

A damaged makeshift roadside home in Bicol, Philippines.

Typhoon Vongfong (local codeme: Ambo) dumped heavy rains and left a trail of damage since it roared ashore on Samar Island, affecting thousands of residents. It has weakened now to Signal No. 1 as it cuts through 5 provinces in northern Luzon, Philippines.

Flooded road in the middle of flooded rice paddies in Bulan town, eastern Philippines.

Drone shot showing flooded rice fields in Bulan, Philippines following heavy rains brought by tropical storm Vongfong. The typhoon raked through the Asian country bringing damaging winds, storm surge and flooding rain.

Residents ride a boat along a flooded village as typhoon Vongfong passes by Sorsogon province, northeastern Philippines on Friday May 15, 2020. More than 150,000 people were riding out a weakening typhoon in emergency shelters in the Philippines on Friday after a mass evacuation that was complicated and slowed by the coronavirus.