Super typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) has already made landfall in Guiuan, Eastern Samar this morning, Inquirer.net reports.

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the supertyphoon packs "maximum sustained winds of 235 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 275 kph" with an "estimated rainfall amount at 10.0-30.0 mm per hour (heavy-intense)."

Metro Manila has been placed under signal number two, while the following areas have been placed under storm signal number four, the highest in PAGASA's storm levels:

1. Masbate
2. Ticao Island
3. Southern Sorsogon
4. Romblon
5. Northern Samar
6. Eastern Samar
7. Samar
8. Leyte
9. Southern Leyte
10. Biliran
11. Northern Cebu
12. Cebu City
13. Bantayan
14. Camotes Islands
15. Northern Negros Occidental
16. Capiz
17. Aklan
18. Antique
19. Iloilo
20. Guimaras
21. Dinagat Province

The Huffington Post reports that super typhoon Yolanda "could be one of the strongest storms in world history."

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