Powerful Super Typhoon News Today

Their homes and their lives after the devastation from earlier this year. and parts of the philippines had been gearing up for this. they had been getting heavy rainfall in parts of the country for the past several days. weve got footage in a southern city where theyve been having streets and homes flooded with this muddy brown water. at the same time, youve got airlines cancelling flights, thousands stranded at ports as authorities have canceled land and sea travel in the central and southern p...

The philippines gets around 20 typhoons per year. the deadliest one in 2013 killed more than 6,000 people. i want to read this statement from the chairman of the red cross. he said, quote, filipinos are tough, but this super typhoon is a bitter blow for millions of people who are still recovering from devastating storms, floods, and covid-19 in the past year. and, isa, humanitarian organizations are on the ground helping to provide shelter, helping to evacuate, food, water, aid. we spoke to the ...

Breaking the national record for the most in one day. some of the gusts top 100 miles per hour, 160 kilometers per hour. now, this system is also caused nearly 20 tornadoes. minnesota reported its first ever december tornado. and this is a scene as you can see there in kansas where massive dust storm has formed. a major highway was forced to close as the skies practically went dark. wind gusts were so strong in colorado, meanwhile, they blew semi trucks as you can see there off the roads. and th...

To fully pass over the philippines? >> it looks like its going to be at least another six hours or so. theres still lots of energy on that western or on that eastern edge. thats where we see the most dynamic activity when we see these hurricanes or typhoons or tropical systems. in this particular case, i cant remember the last time that i have seen a typhoon that was as monstrous as this one. it may not have been the strongest, that was in 2013. but this one was incredible. right now the winds s...

Fatalities, which is extraordinary. compare that to the -- typhoon, what do you expect the lessons are learned. >> the memory of hyan is a storm that will simply not go away. there are a combination of factors that combined to leave a tragic disaster, you cant help but learn the lessons from that. hyan was a more powerful super typhoon that hit back in 2013 in the southern part of the country. youre talking about a more densely populated area, and there simpy wasnt the kind of warning about the ...

Are waiting and have a lot of work certainly ahead. we want to make sure all the information very clear, this storm still in play right now. and right now in this part of north carolina there is a tornado watch. so still a lot to keep a track on. derek van dam live for us in carolina beach, north carolina. again, cnn covering two major storms on opposite sides of the globe. well go live to the philippines for an update on the typhoon thats bringing high winds and very strong, a lot of rain. stay...

We also know rescues are under way. many people will be in need of rescue as these flood waters continue to rise. were also following this other major storm that is affecting the philippines right now. our anna coren following that story this hour with an update on typhoon mangkhut. >> the typhoon is now headed to china, but the typhoon will continue to hammer the philippines. itll likely gain strength as it crosses the south china sea with its sight set on hong kong. as of yet theres been no re...

The northern part of the philippines and there was a lot of warning. there was wasnt a last minute change in paths so people were able to prepare. and over the last two days you had some 2,000 personnel deployed and going to the regions they thought would be most heavily affected and were told they had some 3,500 families mostly in those coastal areas move more inland. they setup thousands of shelters in the country so people had a place to go. and its worth pointing out this a part of the count...

Military personnel, and also had relief supplies prepositioned including food and clean water, that of course key in the aftermath events. and also additional resources. and we heard earlier this morning there were two cargo planes packed with food and supplies ready to go, and also ten helicopters ready to go that could be sent in once weather cleared in order to conduct more rescue operations in the mountainous region, that was the more heavily hit region in this storm. >> some of these areas ...