THOUSANDS of families fled their homes on Thursday as Super Typhoon Yolanda, the world’s strongest storm this year, started battering Eastern Visayas ahead of its expected landfall this morning in Guiuan, Eastern Samar or Abuyog, Leyte.

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) placed the provinces of Eastern Samar, Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte and Biliran under storm signal number 4. These areas face “very heavy” damage, including the toppling of major power and communications lines and the destruction of crops and infrastructure.

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