By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/typhoon-hagupit-slams-philippines-thousands-evacuate Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Typhoon Hagupit slams into Philippines as thousands evacuate World Dec 6, 2014 2:31 PM EDT More than 650,000 people were evacuating from coastal villages in the Philippines as Typhoon Haguipit made landfall early Saturday. The storm weakened before hitting the town of Delores on the eastern coast, but the Philippines weather agency registered sustained winds of more than 100 mph and gusts of 130 mph, the Associated Press reported. “There are many trees that have toppled, some of them on the highway,” police Senior Inspector Alex Robin told the AP. “We are totally in the dark here. The only light comes from flashlights.” The typhoon knocked out power, downed trees and has canceled more than 150 flights since Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties. It was unlikely that Hagupit would reach the same intensity as Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the country in early November of 2013 and became one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, but officials warned the heavy winds could still set off deadly storm surges and landslides. “Everybody is in fear because of what happened during (Haiyan),” Eastern Samar province Rep. Ben Evardone told the AP. “We can already feel the wrath of the typhoon. Everybody is praying.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Andrew Mach is a former Digital Editor for PBS NewsHour in New York City, where he manages the online editorial direction of the national broadcast's weekend edition. Formerly, Mach was a news editor and staff writer for NBC News. He's also written for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston and had stints at ABC News, the Washington Post and German network ZDF in Berlin, in addition to reporting for an investigative journalism project in Phoenix. Mach was a recipient of the 2016 Kiplinger Fellowship, the 2015 RIAS German/American Exchange fellowship by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation and the 2012 Berlin Capital Program Fulbright. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a native of Aberdeen, South Dakota. @andrewjmach
More than 650,000 people were evacuating from coastal villages in the Philippines as Typhoon Haguipit made landfall early Saturday. The storm weakened before hitting the town of Delores on the eastern coast, but the Philippines weather agency registered sustained winds of more than 100 mph and gusts of 130 mph, the Associated Press reported. “There are many trees that have toppled, some of them on the highway,” police Senior Inspector Alex Robin told the AP. “We are totally in the dark here. The only light comes from flashlights.” The typhoon knocked out power, downed trees and has canceled more than 150 flights since Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties. It was unlikely that Hagupit would reach the same intensity as Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the country in early November of 2013 and became one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, but officials warned the heavy winds could still set off deadly storm surges and landslides. “Everybody is in fear because of what happened during (Haiyan),” Eastern Samar province Rep. Ben Evardone told the AP. “We can already feel the wrath of the typhoon. Everybody is praying.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now