Truemors
One of the areas hit hard last year by typhoons is in danger again and hundreds of thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes as typhoon Mitag strengthens and continues plodding towards the Philippines.
Typhoon Mitag intensified as it moved slowly towards the Philippines on Friday, triggering mass evacuations, flight cancellations and exacerbating flooding from a previous storm.The typhoon has winds of 175 km per hour (108 miles per hour) at its centre and is forecast to strengthen.
The storm is almost stationary east of the central Bicol region, the Philippines' typhoon alley, on Friday evening, but was likely to make landfall on Saturday, weather officials said.
People in Bicol sought refuge in churches, schools and town halls as more than 50,000 people fled their homes.
Disaster officials said 200,000 people would be evacuated from Bicol, where volcanic mud from the slopes of Mount Mayon can trigger lethal landslides.
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As usual, excellent and up-to-date information can be found here:
w-underground has satellite pics, graphs and a really solid discussion board.
tenspider is tracking the storm as well.
Colorado Edu site with live java tracking images.
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