Super Typhoon Haiyan Update: One Of The Most Powerful Storms Ever Recorded Have Made Its Landfall In The Philippines, Killing Three People Instantly – ‘All Roads Are Impassable Due To Fallen Trees’

Super Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda), the most powerful storm of the year, made its first landfall in Guiuan, Leyte, Philippines, 4:30 a.m. Friday.

 According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on its statement at 7 in the morning, "Typhoon Yolanda has made second landfall over Dulag-Tolosa, Leyte with maximum sustained winds of 235 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 275 kph."

Widespread catastrophic damage is expected. At least three people are reportedly dead upon its landfall, schools and offices in the path of the typhoon were closed and thousands of people have been evacuated in a safer location.

According to regional civil defense chief Rey Gozon, authorities in Guiuan are unreachable upon the typhoon's landfall.

"This is really a wallop,'' Southern Leyte Gov. Roger Mercado said on local TV station."All roads are impassable due to fallen trees."

Storm signals were raised in over 58 areas.

In addition, Super Typhoon Haiyan is included in the Category 5 by US standards and "has joined an elite club among the strongest cyclones to form on Earth."

 "Supertyphoon Haiyan has strengthened to mind-boggling levels. It is now among the most intense storms to form on the planet in modern records," the Washington post stated. "Catastrophic effects are unavoidable," it added.

It has been estimated that around 10 million people will be affected by the typhoon and around 500,000 people were already evacuated.

However, Gwendolyn Pang, the head of the Philippines Red Cross revealed to Asia Pacific that even people who are already in emergency shelter are not guaranteed safe.

"Even people in evacuation centres - we are not quite sure if they're safe because the wind is very strong," she claims.

"We have seen in the previous disasters - especially typhoons - still evacuation centres are not really safe for the people. "We're trying our best to continue to monitor the situation...but it's so huge - so big."

"The challenge now is how are we going to continue to support the people in the next few hours or days because...our the wind is very strong and our activities are very limited at the moment," she explained.

Moreover, Super Typhoon Haiyan is headed towards Cebu. The province have already shut electric services down to its northern area just to avoid electrocutions, according to Flor Gaviola, assistant regional civil defense chief.

It has been known that an earthquake just last month, which caused hundreds of lives and ruined most of its historic places, struck the province of Cebu.

President Benigno Aquino III warned everyone who will be in direct aim of the typhoon to leave high-risk areas, which includes 100 coastal neighborhood, where storm surge could reach up to 23 feet high.

"No typhoon can bring Filipinos to their knees if we'll be united," the president addressed the Filipino people through a televised forecast.

Super Typhoon Haiyan is expected to move into the South China Sea and landfall in Vietnam and Laos over the weekend, after blasting the Philippines.