According to the Red Cross, at least 22 people became victims of the typhoon Hagupit which had slammed into the central Philippines' east coast on December 6. Typhoon knocked out power in entire coastal provinces, mowed down trees and forced more than 1 million people to evacuate. Hagupit means "lash" in Filipino. Areas hit by the disaster - in TASS photo gallery.
Typhoon Hagupit in pictures
According to the Red Cross, at least 22 people became victims of the typhoon Hagupit which had slammed into the central Philippines' east coast on December 6
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Philippine authorities on December 3 began to evacuate coastal areas that could be hit by storm surges from a powerful cyclone barrelling towards the country's eastern coast. Photo: Digital path of Typhoon Hagupit , Philippines, 03 December 2014
© PA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the Philippines and thousands more were stranded after flights and sea travel were cancelled ahead of a powerful typhoon's expected landfall. Photo: Filipino residents evacuate to safer ground, Samar island, Philippines, 06 December 2014
© EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG Photo: People take shelter inside a temporary evacuation center in a village of Cebu province, central Philippines, 05 December 2014
© EPA/JAY ROMMEL LABRA Photo: Workers reinforce a building ahead of evacuation in Ormoc City, Philippines, 05 December 2014
© EPA/ROBERT DEJON Typhoon Hagupit slammed into the central Philippines' east coast on December 6
© AP Photo/Aaron Favila Typhoon knocked out power in entire coastal provinces, mowed down trees and forced more than 1 million people to evacuate. Photo: Strong waves crash into coastal houses as Typhoon Hagupit pounds Legazpi, eastern Philippines
© AP Photo/Aaron Favila Photo: Typhoon survivors evacuate to safer grounds with their belongings, central Philippines
© AP Photo, Paul Cinco At least 22 people became victims of the typhoon. Photo: A house in a coastal village in eastern Philippines on Monday, December 8, 2014
© AP Photo/Aaron Favila Photo: Toppled electrical posts in Camalig, eastern Philippines, December 7, 2014
© AP Photo/Aaron Favila Hagupit means "lash" in Filipino. Photo: Strong winds and rain from Typhoon Hagupit hit shore in Legazpi, eastern Philippines, December 7, 2014
© AP Photo/Aaron Favila Photo: Children at an evacuation center, Philippines
© AP Photo/Bullit Marquez Photo: Pilipino typhoon victim cries as she views what is left of her home in the typhoon hit town, Samar island, Philippines, 08 December 2014
© EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG On December 8 typhoon Hagupit weakened into a storm. Photo: A damaged house in a typhoon hit town, Samar island, Philippines, 08 December 2014
© EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG