haiyan : Chinatopix

Home > haiyan

haiyan

Super Typhoon Hagupit 2014: Different Forecasts Prompt Wider Scope of Preparation

Dec 05, 2014 07:09 AM EST

Super Typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) has a high chances of hitting the Philippines, including Metro Manila. The latest forecast of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said that as of 3 p.m. CST, Ruby was 670 miles east-southeast of Manila and moving in the west-northwest direction at 11 mph.

Philippines Starts Evacuations Before Super Typhoon Ruby Strikes

Vittorio Hernandez |

Dec 04, 2014 06:25 AM EST

Philippine officials are not taking any chances this time, unlike a year ago when the Southeast Asian nation caught residents of the Visayas islands unprepared when Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) battered the country and killed more than 6,000 people.