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| Powerful Typhoon Hagupit nears Philippines | Powerful Typhoon Hagupit nears Philippines |
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| Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter as powerful Typhoon Hagupit heads towards the Philippines. | Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter as powerful Typhoon Hagupit heads towards the Philippines. |
| Hagupit, or Ruby in the Philippines, has gusts of up to 250km/h (155mph) and is due to hit land on Saturday evening. | |
| It is on course for the Eastern and Northern Samar provinces and the city of Tacloban, where thousands were killed by Typhoon Haiyan a year ago. | |
| Local residents, many of them still living in temporary shelters, are moving away from coastal areas. | Local residents, many of them still living in temporary shelters, are moving away from coastal areas. |
| Haiyan - known as Yolanda in the Philippines - 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. | Haiyan - known as Yolanda in the Philippines - 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. |
| Hagupit, which means "smash" in Filipino, is not expected to be a powerful as Haiyan but could bring storm surges up to one storey high, a well as heavy rain and the risk of landslides. | |
| The US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center had classified Hagupit as a super typhoon but downgraded it on Friday morning. It remains the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year. | The US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center had classified Hagupit as a super typhoon but downgraded it on Friday morning. It remains the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year. |
| Schools and government offices are closed in some areas and there were long queues at shops and petrol stations as people stocked up on supplies. | Schools and government offices are closed in some areas and there were long queues at shops and petrol stations as people stocked up on supplies. |
| In Tacloban, many people had chosen to seek shelter in the sports stadium. | In Tacloban, many people had chosen to seek shelter in the sports stadium. |
| "We've learned our lesson from Yolanda," Rita Villadolid, 39, told AFP news agency from inside the stadium. "Everyone here is gripped with fear." | |
| About 19,000 people from coastal villages are in 26 evacuation centres, Tacloban's disaster office spokesman Ilderando Bernadas told Reuters. | |
| He said that number was expected to double was the authorities began forcing people to evacuate. | |
| The Philippine weather authorities said that as of 10:00 local time (02:00 GMT) Hagupit was 435km (270 miles) east of Eastern Samar and moving at a speed of 13km/h. It has sustained winds of 215km/h and gusts of up to 250 km/h. | |
| Meteorologists had said there was a chance Hagupit could veer north towards Japan and miss the Philippines altogether, but this scenario is increasingly seen as unlikely. | Meteorologists had said there was a chance Hagupit could veer north towards Japan and miss the Philippines altogether, but this scenario is increasingly seen as unlikely. |
| The Philippines gives its own names to typhoons once they move into Philippine waters, rather than using the international storm-naming system. | The Philippines gives its own names to typhoons once they move into Philippine waters, rather than using the international storm-naming system. |
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