Roared through. Rescue teams are working to save families on washedout roads. Hardest hit about 350 miles south of the capitol of manilla. It has no electricity or way to communicate communicate this is one of the most powerful storms on record. The highest winds were up to 190 miles an hour. Gusts reached 235 miles per hour. More now from al jazeeras craig leaseon in man ill a. This is the moment when the storm hit taclaban, a city of more than 200,000 people. Monster winds whipped in with gusts from around 300 kill meters an hour. With it came floodwater. People used mattresses to stay above the rising waters. I can feel the electricity in the water, guys. My legs are tingling. This is what rescuers are seeing. A tornado just passed us the tornado lasted for four hours. It was just crumbling, you know, at first, it, it was the ceiling that went off then the roofs just started to fly away in all directions, and then the water just started coming. The survivors are desperate. Looting a