Typhoon Bopha hits the Philippines at Cat 5 strength; at least 40 killed
Typhoon Bopha slammed ashore on the Philippine island of Mindanao at 4:45 am local time on Tuesday morning as a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds. Bopha is the third Category 5 typhoon to affect the Western Pacific this year, and the strongest typhoon ever recorded to hit Mindanao, which rarely sees strong typhoons due to its position close to the Equator. The death toll from the powerful storm already stands at 40, and is expected to rise. While passage over land has weakened Bopha to a Category 2 storm, the tropical cyclone is spreading torrential rains over a large portion of the southern Philippine Islands, and this will cause serious flooding problems today. The island of Mindanao is highly vulnerable to flood disasters from tropical cyclones; last year's Tropical Storm Washi, which hit Mindanao on December 16, 2011 with 60 mph winds and torrential rains, killed over 1500 people. Before hitting the Philippines, Typhoon Bopha brought a storm surge estimated at ten feet to the island nation of Palau, where near-total destruction is being reported in some coastal areas.
Figure 1. Super Typhoon Bopha as seen from the International Space Station on December 2, 2012. At the time, Bopha had top sustained winds of 150 - 155 mph. Image credit: NASA.
Bopha: the 2nd most southerly Category 5 typhoon on record
Bopha, a Cambodian word for flower or a girl, became a tropical depression unusually close to the Equator, at 3.6°N latitude. Tropical cyclones rarely form so close to the Equator, because they cannot leverage the Earth's rotation to get themselves spinning. Bopha became the second most southerly Category 5 typhoon on Monday at 7.4°N latitude. The record is held by Typhoon Louise of 1964, which was a Category 5 storm at 7.3°N.
Video 1. Scenes of wind damage and flooding from Typhoon Bopha's landfall in the Philippines yesterday.
Jeff Masters
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Im not sure
Not really.
Louisianians having been paying a monthly Katrina fee on the electric bill ever since 2005.
Those guys are lucky so far. Just wait. This will probably become a monthly charge indefinitely. Entergy got away with it here. I bet those companies will eventually pull it off too.
Winter season/DOOM starts or happens on DEC 21....17 days from now.
Good thing my birthday is 4 days earlier
I seriously need to go off the grid.
I expect they decided on having a hurricane "season" to help raise awareness. So they picked days that seemed reasonable.
I highly doubt it.
Indeed, the frenzied rush of oil companies scrambling to buy up water rights in the western US is very reminiscent of gold rush times:
"In preparation for future oil shale mining projects near the Rocky Mountains, six oil companies have gained rights to billions of gallons of water in the American West, potentially jeopardizing water supplies throughout the region, according to a new report by Western Resource Advocates [pdf], an environmental group. It is still preliminary to speculate on the implications of the findings, but many are concerned that if the companies put their rights to use, water will be shifted away from agriculture and community use."
Source
boohoo. my birthday is 2 days after. I'll never see my 37th Birthday. lol
There'd be no money either.
Aaaah, but you might too:)
I hate all this change. Where is meteorology headed nowadays? :/
I wouldn't need it.
The meteorological start of summer here is between June 20th and June 22nd
It's my daughters 7th Birthday this Sunday.
Over a thousand evacuees cram inside the Surigao City Auditorium in this picture taken by Bayan Patroller Harvey Bing on Tuesday. Surigao is one of the worst-hit areas so far, with 33,521 persons forced to flee their homes due to floods.
You took the words right outta my mouth :p
That's the astronomical start to summer.
The number of pre-season tropical cyclones has doubled from the 1990s to the 2000s. I think that's case enough for an earlier start date.
I think A(YES),because of the formation of some TS in late may, for example BERYL and Alberto this year, maybe in the next years when the formation early storms in May becomes more frequently............BECAUSE THE GLOBAL WARMING or the years when the SST are above the average
Is this a legitimate debate or just an idea that arose on WU?
Ooops, sorry. You will all survive. Actually nothing will happen and I will still be learning more about weather! Happy B-day to a 7 year old. I have two girls, one is 19 and one 16. THEY KNOW EVERTHING! Beware:)
Flood in Acasia-Carmen, CDO. Houses below rotunda bridge #Typhoon Pablo.
No. Look at the issues when there is an oil spill in the ocean. Oil and water don't mix (well), but separating them cleanly is a very difficult problem.
The EPAC starts May 15 right?
Just an idea. It has probably been discussed a few times internally, however, and will likely continue to be a topic of discussion in the future, even more so now that tropical cyclones seem to be developing sooner and more frequently.
Yes.
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California storm rainfall
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Is that the one from last winter?
BEAUTIFUL waterspout off the coast of Italy a couple of days ago
Nope that was taken today, Tuesday your time.
I love the English words that drop right into the Tagalog: hanging bridge, stranded, high winds, yesterday and evacuation centres.
We call that Taglish, mix of Tagalog and English.
Over 25" of rain... are these totals correct? Amazing if they are. Midwest could use some of this rain!
Oh, I remember the same two people posing in front of that sign last year. I think the temp was in the -40's then though.
Yeah I remember that Photo also. I thought it was -48F from memory.
There'd be no technology. No electricity. No cars. No gasoline. No roads. No police. No firemen. No water service. No sewer service. No internet. No infrastructure. No cellphone service. No emergency medical services. No advanced medicines. No advanced food production. No refrigeration. No garbage service. No schools. And on and on and on....
You also seem perfectly content with letting millions suffer and die, just for the chance that you survive and don't pay taxes.
You aren't, by chance, a CEO are you?
That was funny, that last sentence.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The best laugh I've had in days.
Mulondo, and Taraka in Lanao Del Sur are reportedly affected by flooding.
As of 1:40 PM. 04 December 2012, eight (8) Barangays in the Municipality of
Poona Bayabao were reportedly flooded namely: Gata, Cadayonan, Dimayon,
Tandiong, Cairan Rogan, and Punud.
A 2Go Shipping vessel bound from Manila to Bacolod was reportedly stranded
at about 2:20 PM, 03 December 2012. The vessel was advised by MARINA for
an anchorage due to the ongoing public storm warning signal. There were
1,098 passengers on board and was provided with purified drinking water and
noodle soup by the Shipping Line Management.
At about 1:45 PM, 04 December 2012, a whirlwind/tornado strucked Sitio
Fishing Village, Brgy Poblacion, Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay damaging the
roof of five (5) houses with 20 dependents, and one (1) warehouse with 13
families / 78 dependents. The victims are evacuated at the Municipal
Gymnasium.
On or about 5:15 PM, 04 December 2012, a vessel sunk at the vicinity of Maria,
Siquijor. PCG Dumaguete personnel proceeded to the scene to verify the
incident. According to the investigation, MV Euro 3 drifted from the anchorage
area to the cliff side of Maria, Siquijor which caused the ship to run aground.
All of the sixteen (16) crew members jumped overboard and swam to the
shoreline. Two (2) crew members went missing.
As of 6:00 AM, 05 December 2012, the total number of population affected in 132
Barangays / 58 municipalities / 8 cities in 13 provinces of Regions VIII, X, XI and
CARAGA is 24,380 families / 120,627 persons.
The total number of population currently served inside and outside the evacuation
centers is 21,560 families / 106,730 persons
INSIDE 162 ECs 17,678 families / 86,912 persons
A total of 439 damaged houses were reported in Regions X(10) and CARAGA. Of
which, 422 were partially damaged while 17 were totally damaged.
From NDRRMC Update Sitrep No. 08 re Effects of Typhoon "PABLO" (BOPHA) as of 05 December 2012, 6:00AM
Water and oil also have very different impacts on pumping equipment. I'm guessing the pumping equipment designed to move oil takes advantage of the fact that oil is a natural lubricant and helps machinery resist corrosion. Water, of course, is a poor lubricant and actually causes corrosion. Then there's the viscosity difference...
Not to say the pumping machinery couldn't be adapted, but I imagine these large pumping systems are quite specialized and there would be numerous (if not insurmountable) challenges to designing a system to regularly oscillate between handling these two very different liquids.
That's cold
A) Old
B) New
I am using the old version. Has less problems.
PS:) So many No's... guess you are not a positive person with positive ideas, why I will survive life more fullfilling than you.
This would be interesting to attend.
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