Philippines braces for Hagupit
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The Philippines Daily Inquirer - Powerful Typhoon Hagupit slams into Eastern Visayas this afternoon for a four-day crossing of central Philippines, affecting the capital Metro Manila, that is likely to affect 32 million people - a third of the country's p
Hagupit, called "Ruby" in the Philippines, will cut slowly across the Visayas while affecting the Bicol region and southern Luzon, including Metro Manila, moving west-northwest at 13 kph toward the western seaboard.
That is so slow that Pagasa said it expected Hagupit to clear the country as late as Wednesday morning.
Most of the communities in Hagupit’s path are the very same parts of the Central Visayas that were flattened by Supertyphoon Haiyan) on November 8 last year.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) in Hawaii downgraded Hagupit from a supertyphoon early Friday, reporting its wind strength at 240 kilometres per hour as it tracked toward land in the Philippines.
