Typhoon Hagupit Hit the Philippines

             In “Typhoon hits Philippines; thousands evacuate coast”, Ramzy discuses the disaster that occurred on Saturday when Typhoon Hagupit hit the Philippines (2). According to Ramzy, “Although Hagupit was weaker Saturday than the earlier typhoon, which killed more than 7,000 people, it is most powerful storm to hit the country this year“ (2). The typhoon hit land approximately 9:15 pm near the town of Dolores that is located on the eastern Samar Island (Ramzy 2). Although the storm had weakened somewhat as it approached the island, it still had strong winds sustained around 108 mph near its center (Ramzy 2).  Experts stated, “ that more extensive evacuations could have saved many lives” in the storm that hit last year (Ramzy 2).  However, the article did not discuss any measures to keep the people of the Philippines safe and efforts to prevent this from happening in this storm.  The storm is expected to last three days causing heavy rain and possible landslides (Ramzy 2).  According to Ramzy, “The army was deployed to stores and major roads in providences in the typhoon’s path to try to prevent the type of looting and violence that occurred after Haiyan hit last year (2).

In my opinion, I feel bad for the people in the Philippines. They lost their loved ones, clothes, and homes. It’s a tragedy that 7,00 people died last year and maybe more deaths to come this year as a result of this typhoon. According this article, more could have been done to save these people if evacuation plans were in place. I wonder if people weren't warned about the storm or the typhoon hit so suddenly that they had no time to warn natives.  I wish the government could build a wall or some type of barrier so the people of the Philippines could be protected from any natural disaster. They need to have a good action plan so the people of the Philippines would know where to go in the event that this should occur again. I hope the government is working on this so the next time a typhoon hit it would not cause this much casualties.                                       

                                                      Work Cited

Ramzy, Austin. “Typhoon hits Philippines;thousands evacuate coast”. Atlanta Journal Constitution: Cox media group 7 Dec 2014. Web. 7 Dec 2014