. >> reporter: when people emerge once the storm has pass the, theipassed, theirhomes and comme beenway. >> nikola jones is part of the emergency communications team at the international federation of the red cross, she spoke to us a little earlier from the philippines. >> in the area we based we are in the main county the power is cut and the water supply has been affected too, so there has been damage, some minimal damage in the area where we are based at the moment. but our main concern is the areas on the island northwest where the storm hit harder and where the area had already been devastated by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake three weeks ago. so that's going to be it the main focus for the philippines red cross base on this island today. this week the philippine red cross has been directing emergency aid items and also giving advice to people to prepare for the storm, obviously because we have known for a few days that it was coming and that it would be serious, so people have been given emergency kids and emergency shelter. but they are still extremely vulnerable because you are