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Over 90,000 people were evacuated after the typhoon Haima has left vast areas flooded and without electricity Philippines strongest storm hit the nation this year head to China.
Haima, a category 5 super typhoon before reaching the ground, weakened with winds up to 150 km 115 miles per hour and gusts of up to 185 km / h to 11 h in Manila, the Meteorological office nation said the US military's seal Typhoon Warning Center estimated that the storm will be 62 nautical miles from Hong Kong Friday.
The government is preparing for the road to recognition for the initial assessment of damages, Ricardo Jalad, head of the Office of Civil Defense said in a statement that the government had no immediate toll of dead or wounded, but local media reported that several people drowned.
The second storm to hit the main island of Luzon in the Philippines in a week, Haima is almost as powerful as super typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,000 people in 2013, forecasters State said.
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated to safer ground, the National Council for reducing disaster risk and management in its morning report The Corp National Grid of the Philippines said in a notice that power was in some provinces north after the storm knocked down power lines in Pampanga province, north of Manila, more than 51,000 people were affected 37 villages were submerged in floodwaters.
About 3,500 people, 300 rolling cargoes and 33 ships were left stranded in various ports of Luzon, the Coast Guard said, and more than a dozen domestic flights were canceled, with seven airports in other provinces closed with storm disrupting communications in some parts of Luzon north provider Globe Telecom Inc. said it was preparing to restore services.
Flooding is the biggest concern in already saturated areas by Sarika typhoon last weekend, said Weather United Nations Global Underground in case of disaster alert and coordination have said before the storm hit that can Haima have a strong humanitarian impact and could affect up to 11 6 million people.
Two people died in a landslide in the province of Benguet mountain, north of Manila, while two others drowned in flood waters in the neighboring province Ifugao, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, citing local officials.
If we can compare our experiences, this typhoon is really different, Isabela Governor Faustino Dy was quoted by ABS-CBN saying he is extremely strong If you saw the movie Twister, it's like that.
The Philippines is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world, has an average of 20 cyclones per year that form over the Pacific Ocean.
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