Typhoon Vongfong path update: Huge cyclone churning towards Philippines - Maps and charts TYPHOON VONGFONG is the first named storm of the year in the West Pacific Ocean and is currently a threat to the Philippines. Typhoon Vongfong is rapidly intensifying -- and the Philippines is in its path. Stated PURPOSE of this site; I was devastated by the death toll because inadequate Govt weather reporting during Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. Welcome to HurricaneZone.net, a part of the original World Wide Web. Over 150,000 people are being evacuated in Philippines after Typhoon 'Vongfong' hit the country. The impoverished eastern region initially hit by Vongfong was devastated in 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,300 people dead … The typhoon struck eastern Samar dumping heavy rains and blowing off roofs, and was blowing northwest toward the populous main northern island of Luzon, around noon local time on Thursday, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) … The typhoon was later downgraded to a severe tropical storm. Typhoon Vongfong has dumped heavy rains since it roared ashore on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in its path on the coast or in flimsy homes. FIFTEEN metre waves and wind gusts of up to 330 kilometres an hour are predicted today as super typhoon Vongfong barrels across the Pacific Ocean in a path of destruction. Typhoon Vongfong has dumped heavy rains and torn off roofs since it roared ashore on central Samar island Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in its path … At least 200,000 people live in coastal areas or flimsy homes in the province near where the storm, called Typhoon Vongfong, made landfall with fierce winds and heavy rain. With typhoons or hurricanes, rapid intensification is an increase in maximum sustained winds of … Typhoon Vongfong is rapidly intensifying -- and the Philippines is in its path. HurricaneZone.net provides access to a wealth of Internet-based resources, originating from governmental and educational sources, covering current tropical cyclone, typhoon and hurricane bulletins, and satellite and radar imagery around the world. With typhoons or hurricanes, rapid intensification is an increase in maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) in 24 hours. Residents of San Policarpo, a town in the Philippine province of Eastern Samar, on Friday after Typhoon Vongfong struck. After making the sixth of numerous expected landfalls, Ambo, also known as Vongfong, will continue on its path of destruction across the northern Philippines through the weekend. (MORE: Typhoon Vongfong Landfalls in Philippines Bringing Damaging Winds, Storm Surge, Flooding Rain) “This is very complicated,” Benjamin Ver, mayor of a town in the typhoon’s path…