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Very populated area and populated part of the world. we have already seen impressive pucktures out of this region with reports of waves in access of 9 to 10 meters. if you want proof, look behind me. if you want further proof than that, take a look at this visual out of the region. the winds really having a compounding effect. r particularly strong over this province. the damaging winds lead to widespread power outages and some structural damage as well. its not only the wind and storm surge, it...

Around this particular typhoon. and this thing is massive. just to put this into perspective. the entire circumference of typhoon chan-hom is about the size of the u.s. state of alaska or the country of mexico. typhoon strength winds extend 65 miles and tropical storm force winds extend out 310 miles or 500 kilometers. this is a large and very expansive storm system. and with the center of circulation moving just to the south of shanghai it is a compounding effect of the winds thats going to pus...

Remember in this part of the world we have a clock-wise rotation around tropical cyclones just like this. tropical cyclone pam. that means its going to push up the strongest winds bringing a compounding effect with that ocean tide or a coastal storm surge and bring up to four to 12 meters of potential for those bays and inlets. on top of that we have coastal storm surge and flooding with rainfall totals in excess of 300 millimeters going forward they still have another 6 to 12 hours to go. this ...

Well, our focus today on cnn on this typhoon moving across the philippines. were going to go now to the international weather center where derek van dam is standing by with more on where the storm is headed. derek, i understand you also have dramatic new pictures? >> yes, robyn, this is coastal storm surge and this is exactly why we warn people to stay away from the coast when a typhoon of this magnitude comes through. this is legazpi city, we have been discussing this for days. these are some o...

Across this portion of the philippines. were also going to be monitoring very heavy rainfall across this region. and its crucial because of a volcano in this vicinity. this is from a recent eruption that occurred within this particular volcano. and with excessive rainfall mixing with the degrees of previous lava flows we get what is called a lahar. and what that can do is create a very dangerous situation for the communities and the towns like the city we were just talking about a moment ago, wi...

Heres a look at the population that could still experience tropical storm force winds from the eastern and central parts of the philippines. 40 million people possibly experiencing that and we still have our typhoon force winds in this swath of red and that includes about 10 million people. now with an onshore wind near legazpi city we had concern for coastline storm surge. you can see that compounding effect of that direct onshore wind pushing up the waves and really creating some concerns. we ...

That means its going to impact the northern seconds of samarra island moving into the southern seconds of the philippines or the central sections. thats going to put legazpi in a very difficult position. this is the updated warning map for the area. you can see the southern islands of lieu zan impacted by a signal three warning at the moment. now, on the northern part of the storm, just north of the eye wall, well see a compounding effect from the winds pushing up the waves. thats going to creat...

Hopefully theyve heard the warnings and have made themselves to higher ground and away from any parts of the ocean. lets go back to the graphics and we can see the latest public storm warnings. we have signal three expanded into the southern luzon islands. this area is going to be in a major zone for coastal storm surge. thats because the eyewall is going to travel just south of this particular port city. its an east facing city, so well get a compounding effect from the winds, pushing up the wa...

Were expecting the land fall to take place in the next nine to ten hours. a very precarious situation for and as it moves across the central philippines eventually impacting manila as a weaker storm but still a sift storm by late monday evening. we have several different tracks from different meteorological organizationz. we are following that center track across the northeastern sections of samarra island. this is the current conditions. winds starting to pick up. reports of typhoon gusts acros...

Offshore. lets talk about the concerns over this region and coastal storm surge is our major concern especially for the east-facing islands. and that including legazpi. specifically we have all the little inlets and bays that we want to be paying close attention to as this finally makes landfall. its going to have a compounding effect. it is coinciding, by the way, isha, with a full moon and high tide, which is not great news. by the way, rainfall totals exceeding 400 millimeters in some locatio...