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Strong winds, heavy rains batter Sorsogon coastal town

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/ 08:36 PM December 06, 2014

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MATNOG, Sorsogon—Strong winds and heavy rains started to batter Matnog town in Sorsogon on Saturday evening as typhoon Ruby (international name: Hagupit) continued to move closer to land.

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Electricity has also been down since around 7:40 p.m. in the entire town.

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Residents near coastal areas have been evacuated Saturday morning to higher ground after the local government declared forced evacuation.

Matnog is a coastal town with 40 barangays (villages), most of which are facing the Pacific Ocean.

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In its latest weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical and Services Administration (Pagasa) has raised public storm warning signal number 3 in the entire province.

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