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| Typhoon Hagupit bears down on Philippines | Typhoon Hagupit bears down on Philippines |
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| People in the Philippines are braced for the arrival of Typhoon Hagupit, expected to hit land on Saturday. | People in the Philippines are braced for the arrival of Typhoon Hagupit, expected to hit land on Saturday. |
| Hagupit, which is building strength over the Pacific, is slowly bearing down on the region devastated by Typhoon Haiyan a year ago. | Hagupit, which is building strength over the Pacific, is slowly bearing down on the region devastated by Typhoon Haiyan a year ago. |
| Hagupit has gusts of up to 170km/h (105mph) and is expected to be a category 4 storm by Saturday. | Hagupit has gusts of up to 170km/h (105mph) and is expected to be a category 4 storm by Saturday. |
| Thousands of people, many still living in temporary shelters, have been told to go to evacuation centres. | Thousands of people, many still living in temporary shelters, have been told to go to evacuation centres. |
| Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Yolanda, was the most powerful typhoon ever recorded over land. | Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Yolanda, was the most powerful typhoon ever recorded over land. |
| It tore though the central Philippines in November 2013, leaving more than 7,000 dead or missing. | It tore though the central Philippines in November 2013, leaving more than 7,000 dead or missing. |
| Hagupit is not expected to be a powerful as Haiyan, but could bring storm surges up to one storey high. | Hagupit is not expected to be a powerful as Haiyan, but could bring storm surges up to one storey high. |
| The vice-mayor of Tacloban, the city which was worst hit by Haiyan, said the authorities were enforcing evacuation orders. | The vice-mayor of Tacloban, the city which was worst hit by Haiyan, said the authorities were enforcing evacuation orders. |
| "We have no more excuse, we have gone through Yolanda, and to lose that many lives, it's beyond our conscience already," Jerry Yaokasin told reporters on Wednesday. | "We have no more excuse, we have gone through Yolanda, and to lose that many lives, it's beyond our conscience already," Jerry Yaokasin told reporters on Wednesday. |
| But he told AFP news agency: "Our problem is, we don't have enough evacuation centres." | But he told AFP news agency: "Our problem is, we don't have enough evacuation centres." |
| Meteorologists say there is a chance Hagupit could veer north towards Japan and miss the Philippines altogether, but officials said they were preparing for a worst case scenario. | Meteorologists say there is a chance Hagupit could veer north towards Japan and miss the Philippines altogether, but officials said they were preparing for a worst case scenario. |
| Helen Buena, an employee at a supermarket in Tacloban, told AFP people were stocking up on supplies. | Helen Buena, an employee at a supermarket in Tacloban, told AFP people were stocking up on supplies. |
| "It's not raining yet but people are panic buying after hearing about the typhoon warnings on television and radio," she said. | "It's not raining yet but people are panic buying after hearing about the typhoon warnings on television and radio," she said. |
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