Debris fly through the air as strong winds and rain continue to batter buildings after Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, Leyte province in this still image from video November 8, 2013. Haiyan, potentially the strongest recorded typhoon to make landfall, slammed into the Philippines' central islands on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground or take refuge in storm shelters. The category-five super typhoon whipped up giant waves as high as 4-5 metres (12-15 feet) that lashed the islands of Leyte and Samar, and was on track to carve a path through popular holiday destinations. REUTERS/ABS-CBN via Reuters TV (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. PHILIPPINES OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN PHILIPPINES
Super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, the world's strongest for 2013 being it a Category 5 Hurricane, has made a series of landfalls in the central part of the Philippines. And it is undoubtedly a force to reckon with.
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Debris float on a flooded road as strong winds and rain continue to batter buildings after Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, Leyte province in this still image from video November 8, 2013. Haiyan, potentially the strongest recorded typhoon to make landfall, slammed into the Philippines' central islands on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground or take refuge in storm shelters. The category-five super typhoon whipped up giant waves as high as 4-5 metres (12-15 feet) that lashed the islands of Leyte and Samar, and was on track to carve a path through popular holiday destinations. REUTERS/ABS-CBN via Reuters TV (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. PHILIPPINES OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN PHILIPPINES
The typhoon has claimed two lives on Friday morning. Storm signal number 4, the Philippines' highest so far, has been raised on 21 areas, including:
Masbate
Ticao Island
Southern Sorsogon
Romblon
Northern Samar
Eastern Samar
Samar
Leyte
Southern Leyte
Biliran Province
Northern Cebu
Cebu City
Bantayan Islands
Camotes Islands
Northern Negros Occidental
Capiz
Aklan
Antique
Iloilo
Guimaras
Dinagat Province
Super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda's first two fatalities from the Philippines came from Surigao del Sur and Northern Cebu, according to Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region 13 and PIA Cebu, respectively.
Strong winds and rain batter a building after Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, Leyte province in this still image from video November 8, 2013. Haiyan, potentially the strongest recorded typhoon to make landfall, slammed into the Philippines' central islands on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground or take refuge in storm shelters. The category-five super typhoon whipped up giant waves as high as 4-5 metres (12-15 feet) that lashed the islands of Leyte and Samar, and was on track to carve a path through popular holiday destinations. REUTERS/ABS-CBN via Reuters TV (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. PHILIPPINES OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN PHILIPPINES
The government agency likewise reported power supply has been knocked out in Tagbilaran City in October 2013 earthquake-stricken Bohol.
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The National Grid Corp of the Philippines (NGCP) in a statement said 10 transmission lines, each carrying between 69 and 230 kiloVolts of electricity, had tripped off, ultimately cutting power supply to the following areas:
Calbayog City and the towns of San Gorge and Gandara in Samar province;
Tacloban City and the towns of Hilongos, Hindang, Palo, Babatngon, and unidentified municipalities in both the western and eastern parts of the province connected to the Ormoc-Tongonan 138 kV, Ormoc-Simangan-Baybay 69-kV, Ormoc-Tunga-Tolosa 69-kV, and Marshalling-Tabango 230-kV transmission lines, all in Leyte;
The towns of Sogod, Bontoc, Libagon, St. Bernard, San Juan, Anahawan, Hinundayan, Hinunangan, Silago, Lilo-an, San Francisco, San Ricardo and Pintuyan, all in Southern Leyte; and,
In unidentified parts of Surigao del Norte connected to the Placer-Madrid 69 kV transmission line
Super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda is expected to dump as much as 10 to 30 millimetres per hour of intense rainfall along the areas it will go through.
Fishermen secure their boats in anticipation of the arrival of Typhoon Haiyan near Manila Bay in Bacoor, Cavite November 8, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm on earth this year, slammed into the Philippines' central islands on Friday forcing millions of people to move to safer ground and storm shelters, cutting power and phone lines, and grounding air and sea transport. The maximum category-five super typhoon, with destructive winds gusting of up to 275 kph (170 mph), whipped up giant waves as high as 4-5 meters (12-15 feet) that lashed the islands of Leyte and Samar, and was on track to hit holiday destinations. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
It has a 400-kilometre wide diameter that when seen on the map already gobbles up the entire Philippines.
Typhoon Haiyan hits the Philippines in this weather satellite image, courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency, taken at 0230 UTC November 8, 2013. Haiyan, potentially the strongest recorded typhoon to make landfall, slammed into the Philippines' central islands on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground or take refuge in storm shelters. The category-five super typhoon whipped up giant waves as high as 4-5 metres (12-15 feet) that lashed the islands of Leyte and Samar, and was on track to carve a path through popular holiday destinations. REUTERS/Japan Meteorological Agency/MTSAT/Handout via Reuters (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
The Category 5 typhoon is forecast to exit the Philippine landmass on Saturday early morning towards the West Philippine Sea.
