Dogs

A member of Philippine coast guard with a sniffing dog inspects baggages of stranded ferry passengers who wait outside the port harbour in Manila October 30, 2009. Schools were closed and domestic ferry services in the capital Manila were suspended on Friday as Philippine authorities braced for a third strong typhoon in five weeks. Mirinae, a category 2 typhoon with maximum centre winds of 150 kph (93 mph) and gusts of up to 185 kph (114 mph), was expected to make landfall on Saturday, dumping rains on major rice-producing provinces north of the capital.