Photos: Typhoon Hagupit strikes the Philippines

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Scenes from Typhoon Hagupit in the Philippines.

Meteorologists from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) monitor and plot the direction of super typhoon Hagupit at PAGASA in suburban Manila on December 4, 2014. A super typhoon gained strength on December 4 as it tracked towards the Philippines, threatening more devastation for mostly poor communities where thousands of people have died in an annual tirade of mega storms. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Fishermen carry thier outrigger to higher ground in Legazpi City, south of Manila on December 5, 2014, ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Hagupit. Thousands of people in the Philippines sought shelter in churches, schools and other makeshift evacuation centres on December 5 as monster Typhoon Hagupit bore down on the disaster-weary nation. AFP PHOTO / Charism SAYAT (Photo credit should read Charism SAYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

A young evacuee peers from a window at an evacuation center in Tacloban City, central Philippines on December 5, 2014, ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Hagupit. Millions of people in the Philippines began seeking shelter in churches, schools and other makeshift evacuation centres on December 5 as a monster typhoon bore down on the disaster-weary nation. AFP PHOTO/Marlon Tano (Photo credit should read MARLON TANO/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents are evacuated to a safer place in Legazpi City, Albay province, southeast of Manila on December 6, 2014 ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Hagupit. Heavy rain and strong winds began to hit the eastern Philippines on December 6 ahead of a giant storm threatening more devastation to areas yet to recover from a super typhoon that killed thousands. AFP PHOTO/CHARISM SAYAT (Photo credit should read Charism SAYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents queue for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Tacloban City, central Philippines on December 5, 2014, ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Hagupit. Thousands of people in the Philippines sought shelter in churches, schools and other makeshift evacuation centres on December 5 as monster Typhoon Hagupit bore down on the disaster-weary nation. AFP PHOTO / MARLON TANO (Photo credit should read MARLON TANO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Meteorologists from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) monitor and plot the direction of super typhoon Hagupit at PAGASA in suburban Manila on December 4, 2014. A super typhoon gained strength on December 4 as it tracked towards the Philippines, threatening more devastation for mostly poor communities where thousands of people have died in an annual tirade of mega storms. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

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