LEGAZPI CITY: The threat of Typhoon Yolanda hitting ferociously here drove people to pray “determinedly harder” and prepare well to protect lives and properties from its onslaught. They were afraid that Yolanda would outdo Typhoon Reming six years before, which wreaked havoc to Albay killing nearly 2,000 people.
Yolanda was slated to arrive in the province 10 a.m. on Friday, which was why it was placed under signal number 3 with its expected winds of 225 kilometers per hour (kph) which is what hit Iloilo, Samar and Leyte at dawn that day.
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