pulled up, out of harm s way. obviously they had plenty of time to prepare for what was coming. these low-lying islands and coastal communities are among the most vulnerable to the powerful storms that frequently ravage the philippines. for most, the best hope of survival is simply evacuating, getting out of harm s way. the lesson at least for now appears to have been learned. andrew stevens, cnn, dolores, the philippines. hagupit is still a tropical storm impacting the philippines at this hour. meteorologist joins us from the international weather center with details. and pedram, if you see that andrew stevens report, it shows you that everyone seems resilient and thankful that they were fine this time around. but this weather pattern isn t going toe change. no, long-term, of course, you ve seen the increased
hagupit. it roared ashore with winds of 230 kilometers per hour but no sign of a deadly storm surge. the damage here looks like the result of high wind, smashing houses as it came through. the wind is very, very super strong. reporter: what happened to your house? my house is broken. my house is broken. many, many, many houses are broken. many houses are broken. reporter: and do you know, have you seen many people have been hurt? nothing i can see, because we evacuate. reporter: gratitude here for the early warning from the national weather service. others we spoke to told of injuries here but no deaths. but they do tell us the islands just offshore hit a much harder
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there, but we haven t heard anything from that town. this island was hagupit s first island landfall where it hit with the highest intensity. we reached deloris 40 minutes later, from the air it looks battered but not devastated. trees down, houses unroofed. and north of the town, this resort clearly showing the scars of nature s fury. we were the first international journalists, locals tell us, to reach this town. we ve arrived here, and this is the grounds of the school here which is now the main evacuation center of the town. you can see there are literally hundreds of children who sought shelter from the storm. you can see the downed trees as testaments of the sheer power of hagupit. all around this area, big trees, all of which have been uprooted. deloris took a direct hit from
destroyed so many homes last year and killed so many people. that is the biggest fear. this time with the biggest typhoon to hit the entire world this year, with typhoon hagupit. thankfully the eye of the storm passed through, but brought with it a lot of rain and that brings concerns of flooding and landslides. christine. thanks for bringing us that story. i know it has not been a comfortable couple days. thank you, saima. north korea says it is not behind the hacking attack on sony. they are not behind it, but they like it. the country-state run media calls it a righteous deed. the attack crippled the compa company s computer system. the government was suspected by many though because of sony s