In the Philippines capital Manila on Monday was preparing for the arrival of Hagupit. The typhoon lost strength was downgraded to a tropical storm.
Hagupit sweeps for three days on the archipelago.
Passing over Tacloban and its surroundings has caused the destruction of thousands of homes. Thirty people were killed according to initial assessments.
The twelve million people in the Manila metropolitan area are on alert. The evacuation operations are underway for the most at-risk areas.
Slum dwellers located on the coast or along rivers have summers placed by the authorities in reception centers. As these people from the province of Batangas.
"Here we are safe from the tropical storm," said the woman.
Philippine authorities have prepared for the worst. The passage last year of the super typhoon Haiyan, sowed desolation. So on Friday, the order had been given to millions of Filipinos to take refuge. Haiyan had more than 7,000 dead in 2013.
The Philippines regularly suffer deadly weather, with an annual average twenty typhoons.
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