Photos: Philippines flooding kills 17, thousands evacuated

A resident, left, wades through floodwaters after receiving relief goods from a non-government organization as another resident piggybacks a child to spend the night at an evacuation center at Calumpit township, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines Thursday Aug.22, 2013. Torrential rains brought the Philippine capital to a standstill last Monday, submerging areas in waist-deep floodwaters and making streets impassable to vehicles, while thousands of people in northern regions fled to emergency shelters. Officials reported more than a million people were affected by the flooding in at least five provinces aside from the Philippine capital. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) ( APTOPIX Philippines Floods )

Boys affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami play on a flooded street in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250663 )

A boy wades through a flooded street with furniture sitting out to dry as the residents clean the mud off their houses in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522247350 )

Pet dogs stay on higher ground to avoid the flood in a street in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522247669 )

Residents return to their houses to clean the mud brought by the floods in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522247680 )

Residents return to their houses to clean the mud brought by the floods in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522247705 )

Residents return to their houses to clean the mud brought by the floods in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522247691 )

Young boys affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami ride on the back of a truck down a flooded street in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250854 )

Residents affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami are transported on a makeshift raft along a flooded street in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250650 )

A boy, one of thousands affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami, uses a plastic basin to float in the waters along a flooded street in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250621 )

A man, one of the thousands affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami, peers from the window of his flooded house while a wooden boat is anchored in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250740 )

Residents affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami eat inside their flooded home in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250762 )

A cat sits on stairs above a pile of mud as residents return to their houses to clean up the mess of water and mud brought by the floods in San Mateo, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522247905 )

A resident tries to clean up his home along the flooded river as waters slowly recede in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522248428 )

A woman, one of the thousands affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami, is transported in a makeshift boat along a flooded street in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250738 )

Filipino residents step on muddied streets outside their homes as they wait for local celebrities donating goods to flood affected communities living near the banks of the swollen Laguna lake in Laguna province, southern Philippines on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Lashed each year by typhoons and stuck with outdated drainage systems, the Philippine capital has been hit by ever-worsening floods. Manila is located in a catch basin sandwiched between Manila Bay and Lake Laguna to the southeast. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Worsening Floods )

Residents affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami set up inside a basketball gym serving as an evacuation center in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250793 )

Flood victims cover the floor of a basketball court-turned-evacuation centre in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522248129 )

Flood victims cover the floor of a basketball court-turned-evacuation centre in San Mateo, Rizal, east of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up on August 22 after four days of torrential rain that officials said had killed 17 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 522248136 )

A little girl affected by flooding due to heavy rains exarcebated by Tropical storm Trami sits inside temporary shelter at a basketball gym serving as an evacuation center in the town of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila on August 22, 2013. Disaster-weary Philippine residents mopped up August 22 after four days of rains that officials said had killed 18 people and forced more than half a million from flooded homes. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 522250814 )