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LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon has knocked out power, left at least three people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters, but it's sparing the central Philippines the type of massive destruction that a monster storm brought to the region last year.
Forecasters say Typhoon Hagupit (HAH'-goo-piht) is weakening, with top sustained winds dropping to 87 miles per hour today as it slowly moves across the region. It is bringing heavy rain, however, that could trigger landslides and flash floods. Shallow floods, damaged shanties and torn store signs and tin roofs are a common sight.
People in the central Philippines remain traumatized by the death and destruction from Typhoon Haiyan (HY'-ahn) last year, and 900,000 fled to about 1,000 emergency shelters and safer grounds as this storm approached. The government launched massive preparations to attain a zero-casualty target from the latest typhoon.
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101-r-15-(Sound of waves crashing against sea wall, in Phillipines news channel broadcast)--Sound of Typhoon Hagupit (HAH'-goo-piht) driving waves into a sea wall in the central Philippines. (7 Dec 2014)
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055-c-13-(Oliver Teves (TEH'-vehs), AP correspondent)-"to go back"-AP correspondent Oliver Teves reports that that some Filipinos in the eastern part of the country are returning to their villages and towns. (7 Dec 2014)
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053-c-21-(Oliver Teves (TEH'-vehs), AP correspondent)-"flying, smashed windows"-AP correspondent Oliver Teves reports that a strong typhoon, now over western portions of the Philippines, has caused damage but few deaths. (7 Dec 2014)
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054-c-16-(Oliver Teves (TEH'-vehs), AP correspondent)-"of the typhoon"-AP correspondent Oliver Teves reports that officials say two people are known to have died as a result of the typhoon. (7 Dec 2014)
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031-a-09-(Jennifer MacCann, Typhoon Hagupit (HAH'-goo-piht) response director, World Vision, in AP interview)-"for Filipino people"-World Vision's Typhoon Hagupit response director Jennifer MacCann says the evacuation centers are working hard to help Filipinos make it through the storm on limited supplies. (7 Dec 2014)
<<CUT *031 (12/07/14)££ 00:09 "for Filipino people"
029-a-16-(Jennifer MacCann, Typhoon Hagupit (HAH'-goo-piht) response director, World Vision, in AP interview)-"winds were severe"-World Vision's Typhoon Hagupit response director Jennifer MacCann says the Philippines averages about 20 typhoons a year but few are as powerful as this storm. (7 Dec 2014)
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032-a-09-(Jennifer MacCann, Typhoon Hagupit (HAH'-goo-piht) response director, World Vision, in AP interview)-"and friends' houses"-World Vision's Typhoon Hagupit response director Jennifer MacCann says mass evacuations have helped keep the death toll low. (7 Dec 2014)
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030-a-12-(Jennifer MacCann, Typhoon Hagupit (HAH'-goo-piht) response director, World Vision, in AP interview)-"the last typhoon"-World Vision's Typhoon Hagupit response director Jennifer MacCann says the region of the Philippines in Hagupit's path are still recuperating from last year's typhoon. (7 Dec 2014)
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034-r-13-(Sound of winds gusting, as Typhoon Hagupit (HAH'-goo-piht) made landfall in the central Philippines)--Sound of winds gusting, as Typhoon Hagupit made landfall in the central Philippines. (7 Dec 2014)
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033-r-12-(Sound of heavy winds blowing through trees, as Typhoon Hagupit (HAH'-goo-piht) slammed into the central Philippines)--Sound of heavy winds blowing through trees, as Typhoon Hagupit slammed into the central Philippines. (7 Dec 2014)
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APPHOTO XAF112: Strong waves crash into coastal houses as Typhoon Hagupit pounds Legazpi, Albay province, eastern Philippines on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power in entire coastal provinces, mowed down trees and sent more than 650,000 people into shelters before it weakened Sunday, sparing the central Philippines a repetition of unprecedented devastation by last year's storm.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila) (7 Dec 2014)
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