Strong winds and waves brought by Typhoon Hagupit pound the seawall in Legazpi City, Albay province southern Luzon December 7, 2014. The powerful typhoon tore through the central Philippines on Sunday, bringing howling winds that toppled trees and power a
Strong winds and waves brought by Typhoon Hagupit pound the seawall in Legazpi City, Albay province southern Luzon December 7, 2014. The powerful typhoon tore through the central Philippines on Sunday, bringing howling winds that toppled trees and power and cut off communications in areas where thousands were killed by a massive storm just over a year ago.REUTERS/Stringer (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Strong winds and waves brought by Typhoon Hagupit pound the seawall in Legazpi City, Albay province southern Luzon December 7, 2014. The powerful typhoon tore through the central Philippines on Sunday, bringing howling winds that toppled trees and power and cut off communications in areas where thousands were killed by a massive storm just over a year ago. REUTERS/Stringer (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Just a little bit more than a year after Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) ravaged the Philippines in November 2013, another super typhoon, Ruby (Hagupit) battered the country again on Sunday, particularly the Eastern Visayas which was hit by Haiyan.

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So far, four people have died in evacuation centres due to extreme cold, while the tent cities built and which served as temporary shelter of Haiyan victims were totally blown away. Fortunately, many residents of provinces such as Leyte and Tacloban have heeded warnings and have moved to evacuation centres ahead before the super typhoon hit these provinces.

Homes that were rebuilt after Haiyan were again flattened to the ground, while many areas in Eastern Visayas are flooded and without electricity. According to Bloomberg, more than 20 power lines and transformers were destroyed in Eastern Visayas and Southern Luzon.

People take shelter inside a Catholic church after evacuating their homes due to super-typhoon Hagupit in Tacloban city, central Philippines December 5, 2014. Tens of thousands of people fled coastal villages and landslide-prone areas in the central Philippines on Friday, a day before a powerful typhoon was expected to hit the island nation where thousands were killed in a devastating storm 13 months ago. Typhoon Hagupit had weakened slightly as it churned slowly across the Pacific and was no longer a category 5 "super typhoon", the Philippine weather bureau PAGASA said, but was likely to remain destructive when it makes landfall on Saturday. REUTERS/Rowel Montes (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Reuters reports that more than one million people have left their homes and stayed in shelters such as schools and churches.

A man rests inside a church after residents evacuated their homes due to super-typhoon Hagupit in Tacloban city, central Philippines December 5, 2014. Ports were shut across the Philippines, leaving thousands of travelers stranded, and some local governments ordered forced evacuations on Friday as super-typhoon Hagupit swept towards eastern coasts of the island nation. REUTERS/Rowel Montes (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

NBC reports that the eye of Ruby hit the town of Dolores in Eastern Samar Province at 9:15 pm on Saturday, while the second landfall hit the island of Masbate. Ruby is expected to make two more landfalls before it would leave the Philippines. The third is forecast to hit Sibuyan Island on Sunday night and would bring with it strong winds and storm surge.

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Schools on Monday have been cancelled in affected provinces, including Metro Manila which is expected to be hit by Ruby tomorrow, with heavy rains expected until Friday night.

With the damage wrought by Ruby, the country is expected to take another economic hit like what Haiyan did in 2013. Germanwatch, a global climate risk index, said the Philippines lost $245 billion or 3.8 percent of its gross domestic product in 2013 due to weather-related events, of which $13 billion was caused by Haiyan.