Eastern Samar starts to feel Ruby’s rain, winds; evacuations continue . A satellite photo taken and released by EUMETSAT on Friday, December 5, shows Typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) closing in on Samar Island. Eastern Samar started to experience heavy rains and strong winds from Ruby Saturday morning, even as the government continued evacuation efforts for thousands of people. Many also sought shelter in churches, schools and makeshift facilities. AFP/EUMETSAT 2014
At least 2,163 passengers were stranded in various ports due to bad weather conditions brought by Typhoon Ruby (Hagupit), the Philippine Coast Guard said Saturday afternoon.
The Coast Guard said that as of 4 p.m., 2,163 were stranded along with 80 vessels, 434 rolling cargos, four motor bancas, 97 vessels and 13 motor bancas taking shelter.
A breakdown of those stranded includes:
Metro Manila and Central Luzon
Manila: 340 passengers, 2 vessels, 2 canceled trips
Palawan:
- Puerto Princesa: 4 vessels, 4 canceled trips
- Coron: 4 vessels (taking shelter)
- Cuyo: 2 vessels
- Brooke’s Point: 30 passengers, 5 vessels
Southern Tagalog
- Batangas: 142 passengers, 157 rolling cargos
- Oriental Mindoro: 371 passengers, 156 rolling cargos
- Occidental Mindoro: 7 passengers, 3 rolling cargos
Bicol
- Albay: 183 passengers, 19 vessels, 34 rolling cargos, 19 vessels (taking shelter)
- Sorsogon: 70 passengers, 6 rolling cargos
- Catanduanes: 18 passengers, 9 rolling cargos
- Masbate: 91 passengers, 13 vessels, 10 rolling cargos, 2 motor bancas
Eastern Visayas
- Maasin: 265 passengers, 23 rolling cargos
- Tacloban: 1 vessel
Western Visayas
- Bacolod: 248 passengers, 8 vessels, 21 rolling cargos, 2 motor bancas
- Iloilo: 118 passengers
- Caticlan: 76 passengers, 16 vessels
Northern Mindanao
- Cagayan de Oro: 98 passengers, 2 vessels, 7 rolling cargos, 5 vessels & 6 motor banca (taking shelters)
- Surigao: 41 passengers, 2 vessels (taking shelter)
- Iligan: 1 vessel
- Ozamiz: 30 passengers, 3 vessels, 21 vessels (taking shelter)
- Dapitan: 35 passengers, 4 vessels, 8 rolling cargos, 36 vessels and 7 motor bancas (taking shelter)
- Butuan: 10 vessels (taking shelter)
— Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News
