Parma sweeps ashore on northeast coast of Luzon

Fortunately the area where the core of the storm is landing is in a remote part of Luzon that is not too densely populated. Even so it will be very difficult to get help to villages that are hard hit. Manila has been spared except that there could be more rain which will add to the misery and flooding could become worse.

Where our relatives and house are located is further south in Legazpi and as the included video shows there is no damage only some wind and the rain has even stopped.

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LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY - Well, the raining has stopped here but the winds are still blowing as super storm "Parma"/"Pepeng" heads for the northern part of the Philippines. There is no direct damages here as you can see in the video, just the winds blowing and trees dancing...""""

The video did not copy properly so here is the URL:

http://video.aol.ca/video-detail/a-day-after-typhoon-parma-affecting-the-bicol-region-philippines/4115980677

A lot of people have been evacuated in advance of Parma as this article points out. In the Philippines Parma is often called Pepeng.

""400,000 evacuated as typhoon Parma lashes Philippines raising new flooding fears
New misery hit the Philippines as typhoon Parma made landfall as the island nation was still recovering from last week's floods.

By Karl Wilson in Manila
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Manila is still recovering from last week's floods
The danger of heavy rains causing more flooding in Manila, the capital, was enough to force families to flee their homes in low-lying areas. Farther north thousands were evacuated. Nearly half a million people in total are now thought to have fled their homes because of typhoons.

But the worst affected area on Saturday was the coast in the north of Luzon, the biggest island in the archipelago, which was ravaged by winds in excess of 110 miles an hour.

Trees were uprooted, electricity poles snapped, and homes and bridges destroyed by the force of the typhoon before it moved inland.

Tuguegarao City, capital of Cagayan Province, bore the brunt of typhoon Parma's fury, with 1.2 metres of rain in six hours. There were early reports of four deaths. That figure was expected to rise.

............Philippine National Red Cross administrator in Cagayan, Aileen Torres, said: "Many areas around the city have been hard hit and we can not get out to see if people are safe because the roads are blocked by fallen trees.

"It's pretty chaotic at the moment with the wind howling outside and sheets of tin being torn off roofs.".....""""