At a Glance

Typhoon Phanfone made landfall in the central Philippines Tuesday afternoon.Phanfone was at Category 2 intensity, according to the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Typhoon Phanfone tore through the Philippines during the Christmas holiday, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain.

Phanfone was locally known as .

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Phanfone intensified to the equivalent of a Category 2 typhoon, according to the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center, after making landfall over Salcedo, in the Eastern Visayas islands of the Philippines, just before 5:00 p.m. local time on Christmas Eve.

On Tuesday, the center of Phanfone home to and devastated six years ago from .

Phanfone steadily weakened as it moved into the South China Sea after Christmas.

Midday on Dec. 26, the typhoon was shadowed by the penumbra of a total solar eclipse, seen as the dimming or browning of light early in the loop below in between bright periods.

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