Former Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) Moving Away from Philippines; Warnings Lifted

Tropical Storm Hagupit is limping into the South China Sea after an arduous journey through the Philippines, having left behind up to 18 inches of rain.
The former super typhoon, known in the Philippines as Ruby, made at least four landfalls in that country. Two of those were as a typhoon and two more as a tropical storm.
Hagupit (Ruby) made its first landfall at 9:15 p.m. Saturday night local time (the Philippines are 13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time) near Dolores in eastern Samar, according to PAGASA, the Philippine national weather agency. It made a second landfall Sunday morning over the city of Cataingan on the island of Masbate; the typhoon's center passed within 20 km (12 miles) of Masbate City at 2 p.m. local time Sunday.

Its center passed about 55 miles south of Manila as of 1 a.m. local time Tuesday (12 p.m. EST Monday in the U.S.). Some 52 hours passed from its first landfall in Eastern Samar province to its closest approach to Manila.
A 78-mph peak sustained wind was clocked at Guiuan, at the southern tip of Eastern Samar Saturday night. Bands of heavy rain lashed Samar and Leyte, including Tacloban City Saturday night. There have been no reported fatalities in Tacloban, where thousands died during Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) just 13 months ago.
Over 1 million people had been evacuated due to the storm as of Monday evening, local time, according to the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.