The storm further weakened Monday after making landfall late Saturday night, tearing roofs off buildings, knocking out power in entire coastal provinces and leaving at least three people dead.
Forecasters say Hagupit, which was moving northwesterly at only about 10 kilometers per hour, may take three days to cross the central Philippines.
Authorities say this typhoon does not appear as destructive as last year`s Typhoon Haiyan, in part because of a massive operation that evacuated nearly 1 million people from coastal and landslide-prone areas.
Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 7,300 people and brought some of the strongest winds ever recorded on land.
Thousands of victims of Haiyan are still living in tents, a year after it took roughly the same path as the current typhoon.
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