A Filipino villager carries his bicycle while crossing flood waters caused by a landslide after a strong typhoon Nanmadol hit the town of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, December 3, 2004. Flood waters receded in the northern Philippines on Friday in the wake of a typhoon, but thousands of people remained cut off from help, hungry and at risk of disease after a week of severe flooding. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco RR/CN