( CNN ) -- Still scarred by last year 's devastating Super Typhoon Haiyan , residents of the Philippines rushed Friday to stock up supplies and take cover ahead of another potentially catastrophic storm . Super Typhoon Hagupit , known locally as Ruby , is expected to make landfall Saturday evening , according to PAGASA , the Philippine Atmospheric , Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration . It is approaching the Philippines from the western Pacific Ocean and is projected to make landfall on the Eastern Samar or Northern Samar province . The storm is expected to skirt north of the city of Tacloban , which was devastated by Haiyan last year . Officials in the coastal city of Legazpi expect to evacuate an estimated 75,000 people ahead of Typhoon Hagupit , Mayor Noel Rosal told CNN on Friday . `` There 's a danger that there will be heavy rains for about four hours and I am very , very worried at this moment , '' Rosal said . INTERACTIVE : See the latest satellite and path of the storm . The storm lost , then regained , super typhoon status Friday . By Friday night , it was packing potentially devastating sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour ( 150 miles per hour ) , with even stronger gusts . Most forecasters predict the storm will move northwest through the island nation after landfall , passing south of the capital city of Manila . PAGASA projects that the storm will exit the country on Wednesday . Hagupit , the name used by World Meteorological Organization , means `` lash '' in Filipino . How Tacloban is coping . Fears over effects of the storm . With the storm fast approaching , authorities are not only worried about the typhoon itself , but the effects of the fierce winds , possible flooding and storm surge . PAGASA warned of intense rainfall , warning of rainfall between 7.5 and 20 millimeters per hour and rough seas . It also warned of storm surge that could reach up to 5 meters ( 16 feet ) high . Last year , Haiyan 's massive storm surge caught many people off guard as it roared in off the Gulf of Leyte , splintering buildings and tossing large ships onto dry land . Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez said they 're better prepared this year , having learned the lessons of Haiyan a year ago . Residents are taking the storm warnings very seriously and most people have fled the city , he told CNN . The ferocious storm obliterated homes , smashed entire neighborhoods into tangled heaps of debris . More than 6,000 people were killed last year .
NEW : Storm regains super typhoon status . Super Typhoon Hagupit expected to make landfall at night . One city expected to evacuate 75,000 ahead of storm . Some predict it will hit the Tacloban , hit last year by typhoon .