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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. it's not only the wind and storm surge, it's the heavy rainfall that could lead to localized flooding. if we go back to the maps computer mod...

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 that's going to push up the waves and allow for the storm surge to reach levels of each possibly several meters above ...

Remember in this part of the world we have a clock-wise rotation around tropical cyclones just like this. tropical cyclone pam. that means it's 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 inlet's. 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 storm is going to continue to slide south.

Well, our focus today on cnn on this typhoon moving across the philippines. we're 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 of the first images coming out. this is not just one particular wave which would be a tsunami, which...

Across this portion of the philippines. we're also going to be monitoring very heavy rainfall across this region. and it's 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, with the compounding effect of that volcanic action mud mixing together and starting to shoal seep t...