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It’s here. Heavy rains and strong winds began to hit the eastern Philippines on Saturday ahead of a giant storm threatening more devastation to areas yet to recover from a super typhoon that killed thousands. Typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit) was moving slowly in the Pacific Ocean towards the Philippines and is expected to make landfall before dawn on Sunday, weather experts said. As of press time, ‘Ruby’ was said to still be moving around […]
(Eagle News Service) — The country’s weather bureau said typhoon Ruby had made landfall over Dolores, Eastern Samar 9:15 p.m. Saturday. December 6. PAGASA said storm winds, storm surges of up to 4.5 meters, and heavy to intense rainfall would be felt in the areas hit by typhoon Ruby. As of 9 p.m., Saturday, PAGASA said typhoon Ruby was located at 150km East Southeast of Catarman, Northern Samar or at 45km East Southeast of Dolores, […]
(Eagle News Service) – Typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit) has already made landfall over Eastern Samar around 8 p.m. Saturday, according to disaster scientist Mahar Lagmay. Lagmay, who is also heads the Department of Science and Technology’s Project Noah, said in a tweet that based on what could be seen in Cebu Station Doppler, typhoon Ruby had already made landfall, past 8 p.m. Saturday, December 6. “Based sa nakikita sa Cebu Station (400 km) Doppler, naglandfall […]
Residents of Malay, Aklan weigh down their roofs with sacks of soil and place bamboo supports on fences as they prepare for Ruby’s onslaught. (Photos courtesy of EBC Correspondent Reshel Tumaca). Resident near shoreline preparing for the storm from Brgy. Malaiba, Antique. taking some of thier important belongings. (Photo courtesy of EBC Correspondent Cherish Ly Esterosa Angeles).
Typhoon Ruby is expected to make five landfalls as it cuts across the country in the next days. DOST Secretary Mario Montejo said that Ruby will first hit land in Borongan, Samar between 2AM and 4AM on Sunday, affecting most of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Samar. The next landfall is expected between 2PM to 4PM in Masbate, and the third between 8PM and 10PM in in Sibuyan Island. On Monday, Ruby is expected to […]
Thousands of residents will be without power as electricity has already been cut off in most of the town of Laoang in Northern Samar and Borongan in Eastern Samar as Typhoon Ruby began its landfall tonight. Laoang Mayor Madelyn Ong, in an interview over Radyo Agila, said that the town is now being battered by the strong winds and rains brought by Ruby. Whether the electricity was cut on purpose or is the result of […]
With Yolanda’s massive destruction still ringing from last year, the Philippines is bracing typhoon ‘Ruby’ – said to possibly be the country’s biggest storm of the year, and is expected to make landfall in a few hours. Over 600,000 people from various provinces have already fled their homes as the military have been on full alert since early this morning. ‘Ruby’, which has winds reaching up to 220 km per hour, is expected to hammer parts of the country where Yolanda’s storm […]
(Reuters) – More than half a million people in the Philippines have fled from a powerful typhoon in one of the world’s biggest peacetime evacuations as the storm churns towards central provinces that still bear the scars of a super typhoon 13 months ago. Typhoon Hagupit was approaching eastern coasts on Saturday, with its eye 230 km (143 miles) east northeast of Borongan, in Eastern Samar province, the weather bureau PAGASA said. The storm was […]
More than 30 million people risk feeling the brunt of Typhoon Hagupit as it barrels down on the Philippines, United Nations emergency and humanitarian officials warned today as they outlined the Organization-wide preparations being made before the massive storm makes landfall this weekend. At a press briefing in Geneva, Denis McClean, a spokesperson for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), said the Category 5 typhoon has triggered one of the largest peace time evacuations in […]
Due to the threat of Typhoon Ruby, the whole province of Albay has been placed under a State of Calamity. In signed resolution, the Provincial Board of Albay has approved the request of Albay Governor Joey Salceda to place the whole province under a state of calamity. According to Dr. Cedric Daep, Head of Albay Public Safety and Management Office, it is essential to place Albay under a State of Calamity in order for them […]
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