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Malls shorten hours, offer refuge during Typhoon Rolly onslaught

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/01/20201101-grocery-store-line.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>People line up to buy goods on Saturday, Oct. 31, in Bicol in anticipation of Typhoon Rolly&#x27;s onslaught in the region by Sunday. <em>Jonathan Magistrado</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Malls on Sunday shortened hours and offered refuge to customers as Typhoon Rolly battered parts of Luzon and Visayas.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/01/20/typhoon-rolly-threatens-198-million-filipinos-pnp-to-force-evacuation-in-dangerous-areas">Typhoon Rolly threatens 19.8 million Filipinos; PNP to force evacuation in dangerous areas</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/01/20/signal-no5-lifted-as-rolly-weakens-into-typhoon-pagasa">Signal no.5 lifted as Rolly weakens into typhoon; Tropical storm Siony enters PAR</a></li></ul><p>SM Supermalls said its branches in Luzon closed at 1 p.m. except the following that will close at 7 p.m. Sunday:</p><ul>	<li>SM City Baguio</li>	<li>SM City Rosales</li>	<li>SM City Urdaneta Central</li>	<li>SM Center Dagupan</li>	<li>SM City Cabanatuan</li>	<li>SM Megacenter Cabanatuan</li>	<li>SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown</li>	<li>SM City Cauayan</li></ul><p>SM Malls will accommodate anyone seeking shelter from the typhoon and SM Markets will remain open, management said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/01/20/sm-north-edsa-to-open-mall-to-people-affected-by-rolly">SM North Edsa to open mall to people affected by Rolly</a></li></ul><p>Ayala Malls in Luzon are closed Sunday but customers may take shelter in case of extreme weather and flooding, its management said. Select essential stores are open for a limited time, it added.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/AyalaMalls360/photos/a.10151689708453481/10157822386343481/?type=3&amp;source=48]" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Vista Malls also closed its branches at 1 p.m. but allowed essential shops, services, and select food tenants to operate until 3 p.m. as the public prepared for the storm.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/vistamallofficial/posts/3683519095031493" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Rolly (international name: GONI) made landfall in the Bicol Region early Sunday morning, packing winds of up to 225 kph, and gusts of up to 280 kph.</p><p>But it has weakened as of 10 am, according to PAGASA, with maximum winds of 215 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 295 km per hour while moving west at 25 kph.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1377160" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar"><p>Residents of Barangay San Isidro in Bay, (Bae) Laguna secure their boats to higher ground on November 1, 2020 due to Typhoon Rolly. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></p></div>

<p>Malls on Sunday shortened hours and offered refuge to customers as Typhoon Rolly battered parts of Luzon and Visayas.</p>

Malls on Sunday shortened hours and offered refuge to customers as Typhoon Rolly battered parts of Luzon and Visayas.