超級颱風逼近 比天兔更強悍 超強颱風海燕挾中心風力250公里的強度橫過菲律賓，其風力比超強颱風天兔更強…
【太陽報專訊】【本報訊】超強颱風「海燕」挾着中心風力二百五十公里的強度橫過菲律賓，天文台預測颱風會於明日至下周日期間，在香港八百公里以外掠過，相信今個十一月再次掛起風球的機會不大。受「海燕」及東北季候風共同效應影響，明起會較多雲，下周日及周一會有幾陣雨，風勢亦會增強，氣溫稍降。「海燕」風力強勁，比九月襲港、中心風力二百一十公里的超強颱風「天兔」更為強悍。
東北季候風正影響華南，而超強颱風「海燕」昨午四時集結在菲律賓馬尼拉之東南偏東約一千二百公里，預料向西北偏西移動，時速約三十公里，橫過西北太平洋，移向菲律賓。天文台預測今日大致天晴，氣溫介乎二十三至二十七度，吹和緩至清勁偏東風，展望周六亦大致天晴，隨後一、兩日風勢頗大及有幾陣雨，海面有湧浪。相關新聞:「海燕」襲菲中部 歷來登陸時最強熱帶氣旋
相關新聞:今年最強颱風直撲菲律賓
太陽報 – 6小時前 ( 8 Nov 2013)
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Strongest typhoon of the year slams Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ 2 hours ago
Strongest typhoon of the year slams Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ 2 hours ago
Weather officials said that Haiyan had sustained winds at 235 kilometers (147 miles) per hour, with gusts of 275 kph (170 mph) when it made landfall at Eastern Samar province's Guiuan township.
The local weather bureau makes estimates based on longer periods of time than others, such as the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center, which said shortly before the typhoon made landfall that its maximum sustained winds were 314 kilometers per hour (195 mph), with gusts up to 379 kilometers per hour (235 mph).
"195-mile-per-hour winds, there aren't too many buildings constructed that can withstand that kind of wind," said Jeff Masters, a former hurricane meteorologist who is meteorology director at the private firm Weather Underground.
Masters said the storm had been poised to be the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded at landfall. He warned of "catastrophic damage."
Haiyan's wind strength at landfall had been expected to beat out Hurricane Camille, which was 305 kph (190 mph) at landfall in the United States in 1969, Masters said.
Already authorities reported having trouble reaching colleagues in the landfall area, with forecaster Mario Palafox of the national weather bureau saying contact had been lost with staff in the landfall area.
More than 125,000 people had been evacuated from towns and villages in the typhoon's path, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. Among them were thousands of residents of Bohol who had been camped in tents and other makeshift shelters after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake devastated many towns on the island province.
Masters said the Philippines might get a small break because the storm is so fast moving that flooding from heavy rains — usually the cause of most deaths from typhoons in the Philippines — may not be as bad.
After hitting Guiuan on the southern tip of Samar island, the typhoon pummeled nearby Leyte island.
"I think this is the strongest so far since the 1960s," Southern Leyte Gov. Roger Mercado said on ABS-CBN television. "This is really a wallop. All roads are impassable due to fallen trees."
A reporter for the network in the Tacloban city was drenched in the pounding rain and said he was wearing a helmet as protection against flying debris. Visibility was so poor that only his silhouette could be seen through the thick curtain of water.
Television images showed a street under knee-deep floodwater carrying debris that had been blown down by the fierce winds. Tin roofing sheets ripped from buildings were flying above the street.
Weather forecaster Gener Quitlong said the typhoon was not losing much of its strength because there is no large land mass to slow it down since the region is comprised of islands with no tall mountains.
Officials in Cebu province have shut down electric service to the northern part of the province to avoid electrocutions in case power pylons are toppled, said assistant regional civil defense chief Flor Gaviola.
President Benigno Aquino III assured the public of war-like preparations, with three C-130 air force cargo planes and 32 military helicopters and planes on standby, along with 20 navy ships.
The typhoon — the 24th serious storm to hit the Philippines this year — is forecast to barrel through the Philippines' central region Friday and Saturday before blowing toward the South China Sea over the weekend, heading toward Vietnam.
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Associated Press writers Oliver Teves and Teresa Cerojano in the Philippines and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
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