Once a Super Typhoon, Hagupit has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues its long, slow sweep across the Philippines.  At least three people have been killed, but overall Hagupit has not been anywhere near as deadly or destructive as last year’s Typhoon Haiyan.

Several buildings in Tacloban City lost their roofs or sustained other kinds of damage from the winds as strong as 170 kilometers per hour.  Streets are flooded, and thousands were forced to wade through water.  But the city escaped the devastation of last year.

“There were no bodies scattered on the road, no big mounds of debris,” said Tacloban resident Rhea Estuna, one of the million or so who took cover in evacuation shelters.  “Thanks to God this typhoon wasn't as violent.”

The storm is moving west-northwest, and the eye of Hagupit will pass 60 kilometers east of the capital Manila before dawn on Tuesday.  The fear is that rainfall of five to 15 millimeters per hour will cause flooding in and around the city.