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Coordination structure ta exists. they are now both at national level coordination mechanics and coordination, mechanisms exists. unicef in particular this time, we have a strong team of about 50 people that are on the ground. we have positioned supplies. we have a better understanding on the whole situation and the dynamics of the structures that exist and we are much, much better prepared to respond. we're also coordinating both with our partners and with the governmental institutions. >> that's really good news to hear because we saw what happened with haiyan. there were a lot of lessons to...

We're driving here at the moment, it's getting grayer and grayer. the rain's getting heavier. all around me now i see structures without roofs. and virtually no one here at all. >> you talk about the empty streets. one thing we have noted this time around is a large scale evacuations ahead of hagupit. people have been moved into safe shelter we hope. one thing we know from the previous storm from haiyan is that the problem wasn't just evacuations. it was also the lack of necessary supplies in places where they needed to be. do you have a sense, do you know whether there has been that move of s...

>> this storm is currently about 120 kilometers off the east coast of samarra island. this is the latest information. the storm has schloughed down significantly. only moving westerly at nine kilometers per hour. posing a major threat for flash flooding as it slowly keeps across the philippines in the days to come. outer rain bands already lashing many coastal regions of the philippines and samarra island is looking precarious at the moment. this is called the path of uncertainty. anyone lying underneath that shading of blue needs to be on high alert. this is a very dangerous storm. we're goin...

That means it's going to impact the northern seconds of samarra island moving into the southern seconds of the philippines or the central sections. that's 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, we'll see a compounding effect from the winds pushing up the waves. that's going to create that risk for two to five-meter coastal storm surge probably. we're going to monitor that situ...

A hospital boards up its windows. drivers stock up on fuel. the army accused of having a late response to the last storm, stands at the ready. in san jose, the neighborhood hardest hit by haiyan, a lone surfer takes advantage of the growing waves but no one else is taking pleasure in the approaching storm. nearly everyone we spoke to said they planned to evacuate but not amil. he's staying behind to protect his house from looters. if the waters start to rise like last time, he'll run. but he's very scared. i pray the storm will just disappear, not to hit another place but just disappear. it's ...