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  9. "High Alert" - IRC rolls out emergency teams across Philippines

  10. Dec. 7, MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon Hagupit (known locally as Ruby) made its second landfall today in Cataingan, Masbate province. The typhoon is pushing slowly West-Northwest through the Philippine islands, dumping torrential rains and driving dangerous storm surges of up to 10 feet.

    The IRC is on high alert to respond with our local partners to flooding and landslides. “We continue to prepare for worst-case scenarios," said the IRC’s Melanie Teff, in Manila.

    The IRC is rolling out emergency teams across the country, with local partners set to assess the damage and respond with necessary aid. “Where the storm has passed we will be focusing aid distributions where they are needed on hygiene, safe drinking water, and economic support like cash distributions,” Melanie said.

    Typhoon Hagupit is expected to make a third landfall tomorrow in Northern Mindoro. The storm has forced up to one million people to evacuate from low-lying coastal areas, with many smaller isolated communities not yet accounted for.
  11. Read the IRC's latest Philippines Typhoon update (Dec. 7, 2014, 4:30pm)

  13. Thumbnail for Donate Now - The IRC's Emergency Response | International Rescue CommitteeDonate Now - The IRC's Emergency Response | International Rescue Committee
    Give now to support our emergency response to Typhoon Hagupit and other disasters and crises in the region.
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  14. Dec. 7 - Hagupit/Ruby lashes the Philippines with wind and rain

  15. Typhoon churns across Philippines, more than 1 million flee
    More than 1 million people had fled to shelters away from coastal areas and landslide-prone villages by the time Typhoon Hagupit made landfall on Saturday night, in what a U.N. agency said was one of the world's biggest peacetime evacuations.
    Reuters
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    Typhoon Hagupit is sweeping across the eastern Philippines, toppling trees and power lines and threatening coastal areas with a powerful sea-surge. Reports from the city of Tacloban, where thousands were killed by Typhoon Haiyan a year ago, say the roofs of some buildings have been blown away.
    Bbc

  17. Dec. 6 - Poised to respond to Hagupit/Ruby

  21. Thumbnail for Philippines Typhoon: IRC prepares to deliver emergency aidPhilippines Typhoon: IRC prepares to deliver emergency aid
    As Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) made landfall in the Philippines last night, the IRC and our local partners continued preparations to provide emergency relief in the wake of the dangerous storm.
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  25. Hagupit hits the Philippines

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