A child wears a protective mask as residents take shelter inside a school-turned-evacuation center after flood waters inundated their homes during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses, international name ‘Vamco’, in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Typhoon Ulysses on November 12 battered the northern Philippines with heavy rains and strong winds knocking out power in several provinces including areas in Metro Manila and leaving thousands homeless and damaged or destroyed establishments along its path as it blew west.