Isabela

Megi packed sustained winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 162 mph (260 kph) as it made landfall midday Monday at Palanan Bay in Isabela province, felling trees and utility poles and cutting off power, phone and Internet services.

Typhoon Megi Batters Philippines, Killing At Least 3 (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Megi packed sustained winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 162 mph (260 kph) as it made landfall midday Monday at Palanan Bay in Isabela province, felling trees and utility poles and cutting off power, phone and Internet services.

Typhoon Megi Batters Philippines, Killing At Least 3 (VIDEO) Curtis M. Wong 2010

Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA A villager tried to walk in Isabela province, northern Philippines, Monday as the strongest cyclone in years to buffet the country knocked out communications and power Monday.

Typhoon Megi Strikes Philippines 2010

Bullit Marquez/Associated Press Motorists drove past a damaged gas station in Isabela province, where Megi made landfall at midday Monday packing sustained winds of 140 miles per hour and gusts of 162 mph.

Typhoon Megi Strikes Philippines 2010

Megi packed sustained winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 162 mph (260 kph) as it made landfall midday Monday at Palanan Bay in Isabela province, felling trees and utility poles and cutting off power, phone and Internet services.

Typhoon Megi Batters Philippines, Killing At Least 3 (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Megi packed sustained winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 162 mph (260 kph) as it made landfall midday Monday at Palanan Bay in Isabela province, felling trees and utility poles and cutting off power, phone and Internet services in many areas.

Super Typhoon Strikes The Philippines By BULLIT MARQUEZ 2010

Most of the larger islands are the summit of a gently sloping shield volcano, some rising over 3,000 m from the ocean floor though Isabela is formed of five volcanoes.

Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009

Before Enduring Freedom the hospital in Isabela had had twenty-five beds, and the staff had largely deserted to Zamboanga.

Imperial Grunts 2005

Before Enduring Freedom the hospital in Isabela had had twenty-five beds, and the staff had largely deserted to Zamboanga.

Imperial Grunts 2005

Before Enduring Freedom the hospital in Isabela had had twenty-five beds, and the staff had largely deserted to Zamboanga.

Imperial Grunts 2005