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Typhoon Hagupit has knocked out power and left at least three people dead as nearly 900,000 people fled to shelters in central Philippines.
Lessons learned from last year have avoided the mass deaths seen after Typhoon Haiyan, which killed over 7,000 people.
But Hagupit has still caused fatalities; two people, including a baby girl, died of hypothermia in central Iloilo province on Saturday at the height of the Typhoon. Another person died after being hit by a falling tree in the eastern town of Dolores, according to Interior Secretary Mar Roxas.
Show all 35 1 /35In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Filipino fishermen carry water supplies after securing fishing boats qas they make their way to an evacuation center at a fishing village in Cavite, south of Manila. Typhoon Hagupit weakened as it moved towards the Philippine capital after killing at least ten people and displacing more than 1 million people in the eastern and central provinces. Hagupit slammed into the country's eastern coast, bringing heavy rains and gale-force winds that flattened homes, ripped off roofs, and knocked out power and communications
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Destroyed houses and trees with a slogan calling for help are seen along a road in the village of Mantang
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Children play on top of a fallen coconut tree blocking a highway in San Julian town
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Children play atop sacks of donated clothes at an evacuation centre for the coastal community to take shelter from Typhoon Hagupit
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Military personnel along with public works employees clear a fallen tree blocking a section of national highway in Taft town
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A typhoon victim stands near clothes hung out for drying in Dolores, Samar
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A general view of damaged houses swept by Typhoon Hagupit in Eastern Samar
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A man pushes his motorcycle along floodwaters bought by Typhoon Hagupit in Camarines Sur province
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A man searches for recyclable plastic items along the coast, after strong winds and heavy rain brought by typhoon Hagupit battered Atimonan town, Quezon province, south of Manila
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A Filipino man negotiates a flooded rice field in Albay province
In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Strong winds and rain pound the seawall hours before Typhoon Hagupit passes near the city of Legazpi
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Filipino residents run from strong waves brought by a typhoon at a coastal village in Legazpi city, Albay province
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Strong waves crash into coastal houses as Typhoon Hagupit pounds Legazpi, Albay province
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A Filipino typhoon victim pleads for help in the town of Taft, Samar island,
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A man walks under a fallen electric post in Tacloban, central Philippines, after Thyphoon Hagupit tore apart homes and sent waves crashing through coastal communities
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A family walks along a flooded street during a heavy rain brought by Typhoon Hagupit in Legazpi, eastern Philippines
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A man is seen on top of his damaged house in Tacloban, central Philippines
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Filipino typhoon victim children beg for help in the town of San Julian, Samar island
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A Filipino typhoon victim is seen inside a damaged house in the town of Taft, Samar island
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A Filipino government worker cuts banches from fallen trees in the town of Taft
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Filipino Interior Secretary Mar Roxas falls as he rides a motorcycle during an inspection of the damages in the town of Taft, Samar island
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A Filipino resident collects materials from a beach after Typhoon Hagupit made landfall, in Borongan city, Samar island
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Volunteers repack relief goods for victims of Typhoon Hagupit at the Department of Social Welfare and Developmentin Manila on December 7, 2014
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Children play on a boat in a shanty town at the port area in Manila on December 7, 2014 ahead of the arrival of typhoon Hagupit
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A mother watches her baby inside a mosquito net at an evacuation centre in Manila
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Volunteers repack relief goods for victims of Typhoon Hagupit at the Department of Social Welfare and Development
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Filipino children in a makeshift tent while waiting for evacuation at a coastal area in Paranaque city, south of Manila
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit A Filipino family prepare food while waiting for evacuation at a coastal area in Paranaque city, south of Manila
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Filipino children sleep as families seek refuge at a school used as an evacuation center as they prepare for Typhoon Hagupit in Legazpi, Albay province
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Filipino families seek refuge at a school used as an evacuation center as they prepare for Typhoon Hagupit in Legazpi, Albay province
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Residents flee to Marabot
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Evacuees gather in a church in Tacloban city
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Haiyan survivors, some of whom are still living in tents, queue up to buy groceries in Tacloban city in preparation for Hagupit
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Residents with their belongings wait for a government vehicle to bring them to the evacuation center in Tacloban city, central Philippines
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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit on the approach
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The typhoon, which made landfall in Eastern Samar late Saturday, was moving slowly, dumping heavy rain that could possibly trigger landslides and flash floods.
Police reportedly had orders to arrest anyone who would not evacuate to emergency shelters before Hagupit hit. Now that the immediate danger from the Typhoon has subsided in some provinces however, displaced villagers have been asked to return home from emergency shelters.
Some 12,000 villagers will remain in the shelters as they face further threat from a restive volcano near their homes.
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