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A resident carries a religious icon, one of her belongings saved from their house destroyed at the height of Typhoon Hagupit at a village along a highway in Sulat town, Eastern Samar province, on 9 December, 2014. Picture: AFP.

Typhoon hagupit

Typhoon Hagupit weakens

By Reuters

Nearly 13,000 houses were crushed and more than 22,300 were partially damaged in Eastern Samar.

  • A resident stands in front of houses destroyed at the height of typhoon Hagupit in Borongan City, eastern samar province central Philippines on 8 December 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Typhoon Hagupit leaves 21 dead

    The storm tore through the country's central islands flattening homes and toppling trees and power lines.

    2759 days ago
  • Typhoon Hagupit pummels Philippines, threatens flooding, landslides. Picture: Twitter @CNN.

    Typhoon Hagupit rips through Philippines

    A powerful typhoon tore through the Philippines on Sunday bringing with it howling winds that toppled trees and power poles and cut off communications. CNN's Saima Mohsin has latest.

    2760 days ago
  • Typhoon Hagupit pummels Philippines, threatens flooding, landslides. Picture: Twitter @CNN.

    Over 1 million people flee Philippines due to typhoon

    A UN agency says Typhoon Hagupit caused one of the world's biggest peacetime evacuations.

    2761 days ago
  • Residents carry their belongings onto a government vehicle as they evacuate from their tent houses to a safer place in Tacloban City, central Philippines on 4 December 4, 2014, ahead of the landfall of super Typhoon Hagupit. Picture: AFP.

    Scores of people evacuated from path of Philippines typhoon

    The UN Office for Disaster Risk Management in Geneva said 200,000 people had been evacuated.

    2762 days ago
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