Got back to Siargao yesterday and had my stitches out. Then I found out that there’s a huge typhoon coming straight to where I am. I’m trying to get a flight out tomorrow as my room is only about 20 metres from the water and a metre above it … oh dear. This is the copy from a web site:
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government on Wednesday sent food and medical supplies to central provinces on the path of a category 3 typhoon, with many of them still reeling from devastation brought by super typhoon Haiyan late last year.
Residents of coastal villages and landslide-prone communities were told to move to government-designated evacuation areas, as typhoon Hagupit (Filipino for lash) barrelled towards Eastern Samar province in central Philippines with winds of up to 140 kph and gusts of up to 170 kph.