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Typhoon Yolanda (international codename Haiyan) hits Eastern Samar early Friday, November 8, and is now lashing the Visayas, Bicol, and northeastern Mindanao. State weather bureau PAGASA said the typhoon hit Guiuan, Eastern Samar at around 4:40 am,, and is currently traversing a wide swath of Philippine territory, from northeastern Mindanao up to southern Luzon. The typhoon then crossed the Leyte Gulf, and made its second landfall in Leyte at around 7 am. An estimated 54 million residents are affected in the 40 provinces and regions, including the Philippine capital of Metro Manila, that will be within Yolanda’s reach. Thousands of residents in the region spent the night in evacuation centers, as they brace for the worst part of the typhoon.
It is then expected to exit land early Saturday morning, November 9.
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