"If we stay close to the coast, the water may swell. One died if it happens."
In the Philippines, typhoon Hagupit is expected in the evening in Manila, the capital. Hagupit decreased in intensity: it is now a tropical storm with winds blowing over only 110 km / h. The 12 million people in the Manila area especially fear flooding.
21 people died in the typhoon, 18 the only island of Samar, where Hagupit made landfall Saturday.
"We are safe here Enriquita said Arevalo, who found refuge in a school. If we stay close to the coast, the water may swell. One died if it happens. "
"Our house is by the sea and the roof will surely be torn, adds Eva Bendoy, another moved. We are afraid, that's why we came here to take refuge. "
The trauma of Hayan, the typhoon which had 7,000 dead and four million people affected in the same
area there a year ago, is still alive. But the authorities have learned: this time more than a million people were evacuated. Result if hundreds of homes are destroyed, Filipino, safe, gradually return to their towns and villages.
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