Super Typhoon Haiyan slams Philippines

[webfact]

Super Typhoon Haiyan slams Philippines
Brian K. Sullivan

MANILA: Super Typhoon Haiyan, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, slammed into the Philippines after forcing thousands of people to evacuate.

Haiyan had top winds of almost 315 kilometres per hour when it was about 489 miles (786 km) southeast of Manila, the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Centre said at 3am Manila time. Winds gusted to as high as 378 km/h, the Navy said.

"If it maintains its strength, there has never been a storm this strong making landfall anywhere in the world," said Jeff Masters, founder of Weather Underground in Ann Arbor, Michigan. "This is off the charts."

The storm went ashore at about 5am in Guiuan, eastern Samar, the Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.

Five areas on the island of Visayas, which suffered a 7.2-magnitude earthquake less than a month ago, had been placed on highest storm alert, forecaster Jori Loiz said in a televised briefing. President Benigno Aquino, in a televised address, warned of serious danger and said Haiyan may cause more damage than storm Bopha, which killed more than 1000 people in Mindanao in December 2012.

Full story: http://www.smh.com.au/world/super-typhoon-haiyan-slams-philippines-20131108-2x5b6.html

-- The Sydney Morning Herald 2013-11-08

[Local Drunk]

That's scary! There's a good vid on the Weather Channel...

[waza]

Evacuations as Super Typhoon Haiyan hits Philippines

Manila: Thousands of people have been evacuated as Super Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall in the Philippines.

The typhoon is now the strongest storm on Earth in three decades, generating winds of 313km/h and gusts of 378km/h, a meteorologist at WFMY News in the US reported. Haiyan was expected to hit Samar island, about 600km south-east of Manila, then cut across the central and southern Philippines before exiting into the South China Sea late on Saturday

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/evacuations-as-super-typhoon-haiyan-hits-philippines-20131108-2x5bk.html#ixzz2k0tSIiad

[OZEMADE]

If this keeps on coming towards Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, no one will be worring about the Political problems in Thailand.

This Super typhoon is some 1800 klm across, scary.

Super typhoon hits the Philippines

President Benigno Aquino had on Thursday warned his countrymen to make all possible preparations for Haiyan, which was packing monster wind gusts of nearly 380km/h as it approached the Philippines.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/19738646/powerful-typhoon-hits-philippines/

Warning
"Tropical Depression in South China Sea"
No. 13 Time Issued : November 08, 2013 At 4.00 a.m. on 8 November, the active low pressure covers the upper Gulf and the upper South Thailand. Abundant rain, as well as isolated heavy rain, is likely in the lower Central and the South, especially in provinces of Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon and Surat Thani. The strong wind wave is expected 2-3 meters high in the upper Gulf. People in the areas should beware of severe weather. Tomorrow (9 November), the active low will move to the upper Andaman Sea.

Typhoon “HAIYAN” with maximum sustained wind about 240 km/hr is moving across the Philippines and the South China Sea. It is forecast to move near the coast of Central Vietnam during 10-11 November. It will then weaken rapidly due to the impact of the cool and dry air mass from China to bring rainfalls over eastern part of the Northeast of Thailand.

The advisory will be effect on 8 November 2013 at 4.00 a.m.

(Signed) Worapat Tiewthanom

(Mr Worapat Tiewthanom)

Director-General, Thai Meteorological Department

[noikrit]

Keep an eye on this one !!

[willyumiii]

Does this mean we should get ready for another round of flooding?

Has anything been done to lower the level of water in the reservoirs before the heavy rains start again?

The last flood here proved that not releasing water from the dams until the heavy rainfall arrives is way too late.

I feel the Mun river did not flood last time from the rain fall, it was the water released from the dams.

The attached photo shows the result of poor planing about two weeks ago.

I have read that the water in the reservoirs is retained to be sure that those who live in the cities have all the water they need.

I say, give it all to the cities...Now!

[newermonkey]

Does anyone know if this storm will hit Thailand, or will it die when it crosses Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao's land mass's ?

[Asia2000]

Report from Cebu:

9.00 am visibility 300-500 meters.

9.30 am lost electricity, lucky to have generator.

10.00 am lost TV signal.

10.30 am very strong wind gusts now. Visibility 100-200 meters only.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2013/11/08/typhoon-yolanda-makes-4th-landfall-312742

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/11/08/1254412/us-experts-catastrophic-damage-seen-yolanda-packing-314-kph-winds

1st fatality reported.

http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/11/08/1254422/monster-typhoons-1st-fatality-reported-surigao

Asia2000

Cebu

[webfact]

125,604 people evacuated as supertyphoon lands in Philippines
English.news.cn

MANILA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 125,604 people have evacuated to safe places as typhoon "Haiyan", believed to be the strongest cyclone of this year in the world, made a landfall over Guiuan municipality in eastern Samar of the Philippines Friday morning.

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said typhoon "Haiyan" (local name Yolanda) made its second landfall over Leyte province in the country's eastern coast at 7 a.m. local time. The center of the typhoon had maximum sustained winds of 235 kilometers per hour with gustiness of up to 275 kph.

In Surigao Del Nore, 28,807 people were evacuated.

"No reports of casualties have been received, but Siargao Island is in total blackout. Five houses have been totally damaged, four others were partially damaged," said Albert Caber, spokesman eastern mindanao command of the Armed Forces of the Philippine ( AFP).

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), typhoon warning signal No. 4 (which refers to winds of 185 kph may be expected in 12 hours) has been hoisted in 25 provinces in central and southern Philippines.

Classes were suspended in Visayas and Mindanao regions.

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/08/c_132870281.htm

-- Xinhua 2013-11-08

[webfact]

Typhoon Haiyan slams into Philippines

Manila - Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines on Friday, as the most powerful cyclone in three decades forced hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting power supplies.

Haiyan was packing maximum sustained winds of 235 kilometres per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 275 kph as it made landfall over Guiuan town in Eastern Samar province, 650 kilometres south-east of Manila, the national weather bureau said.

Other weather organizations placed Haiyan’s maximum winds at 315 kph and gusts at 380 kph.

More than 125,000 people were evacuated from homes in coastal communities and areas prone to floods or landslides in 22 provinces before Haiyan hit, according to the national disaster relief agency.

Schools, businesses and government offices were closed in the affected areas, while air and sea travel was cancelled, leaving more than 2,000 passenger stranded, the agency said.


-- The Nation 2013-11-08

[planetdweller]

Report from Cebu:

9.00 am visibility 300-500 meters.

9.30 am lost electricity, lucky to have generator.

10.00 am lost TV signal.

10.30 am very strong wind gusts now. Visibility 100-200 meters only.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2013/11/08/typhoon-yolanda-makes-4th-landfall-312742

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/11/08/1254412/us-experts-catastrophic-damage-seen-yolanda-packing-314-kph-winds

1st fatality reported.

http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/11/08/1254422/monster-typhoons-1st-fatality-reported-surigao

Asia2000

Cebu

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asia2000 , best of luck weathering the storm. You're in our hopes and prayers from here in the US. I hope it turns OK for you. Steve

[wileycoyote]

The power of nature

[DGIE]

Typhoon is really a problem in the Philippines being corruption which is number 1.

Just imagine millions of pesos of cropping are destroyed by typhoon

and billion of pesos those greedy politician had corrupted and they continue corrupting...

If not because of those problems, Philippines for sure is one of the most developed countries nowadays

[Sydebolle]

Is it just me or are others also puzzled with those numbers published by these countries. The Thais give you a figure of 56'002'817 people on something while this typhoon had 125'604 evacuated. Someone is good in counting - hope the same precision applies to saving lives!

[David48]

This may help ...

wunderground

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[slipperylobster]

Does anyone know if this storm will hit Thailand, or will it die when it crosses Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao's land mass's ?

The past two broke up and died. Some local flooding is guaranteed, depending on the path. These things scatter once they cross land, especially rough terrain. Keep an eye on the path...Looks so far to angle north once it hits Thailand. Laos might be more prone to the brunt of it.

[Asia2000]

Cebu city was lucky. 1 pm the wind gusts weakened, and 3 pm it was almost normal. TV back at 5 pm. Still no electricity at 6 pm. The city is in the dark, except hotels with generators. Light rain and 27 degrees celsius now. Local forecast worries that the typhoon will hit Manila stronger than expected. People In Cebu / Visayan was prepared 2 days ahead, and took shelter.

3 reported dead so far.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2013/11/08/typhoon-yolanda-claims-3-lives-312763

Thanks to those who prayed for us, here in the Philippines.

Asia2000 Cebu

[lineofentry]

Release hundreds of millions of years of captured carbon in about 200 years and see what happens, sounds like a great plan, what else can we do to change the weather patterns? I know let's go fracking to speed up the cyclones even more, I bet we can get to 1000km/h by 2050.

[phuketrichard]

not sure why but its pissing down today here in Phuket

[xyz123]

Release hundreds of millions of years of captured carbon in about 200 years and see what happens, sounds like a great plan, what else can we do to change the weather patterns? I know let's go fracking to speed up the cyclones even more, I bet we can get to 1000km/h by 2050.

strange you mention this but the island that was hit main center front right was Leyte, the home to the geothermal power plant that supplies most of the regions power. yes hit by a category 5 storm dead center and guess what power outage in much of the region was something like 4-5 hours mainly due to precautionary shutdown. compare that to the disaster struck japanese fukushima power plant.

as for carbon, not from geothermal but the main thing from power/electricity is heat and yes geothermal is still yes a contributor.

i guess they get plenty of practice but that type of efficiency for keeping power up in major natural disaster isnt going to be matched in many, if any parts of the world. give credit where it is due. sign em for a contract quick.

[webfact]

Unbelievable #YolandaPH photos from Albay and Cebu
By Coconuts Manila

MANILA: -- One of the most intense typhoons on record whipped the Philippines Friday, killing three people and terrifying millions as monster winds tore roofs off buildings and giant waves washed away flimsy homes. Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) smashed into coastal communities on the central island of Samar, about 600 kilometres southeast of Manila, before dawn on Friday with maximum sustained winds of about 315 kilometres an hour.


In Albay (above), a resident of Legazpi walks past high waves pounding the sea wall amidst strong winds. PHOTO: AFP/Charism Sayat


CEBU: A resident runs past an uprooted tree amidst strong winds. PHOTO: AFP

We've had reports of uprooted trees, very strong winds...and houses made of light materials being damaged," Philippine Red Cross chief Gwendolyn Pang told AFP on Friday afternoon as Yolanda swept across the archipelago's central and southern islands. The government said three people had been confirmed killed and another man was missing after he fell off a gangplank in the central port of Cebu. But the death toll was expected to rise, with authorities unable to immediately contact the worst affected areas and Yolanda only expected to leave the Philippines in the evening.

Full story/images: http://manila.coconuts.co/2013/11/08/monster-storm-195mph-winds-hit-philippines


-- Coconuts Manila 2013-11-09

[David48]

It's crazy what they are going though at the moment.

Heading our way (in the north) soon.

Take care ...

[Asia2000]

CNN just reported 1200 estimated dead, in the Philippines.

RIP.

[khwaibah]

BREAKING NEWS

STORM CATASTROPHE

Toll from Typhoon Haiyan likely more than 1,000

The Philippines Red Cross believes the death toll from Typhoon Haiyan could reach 1,2000, as the super storm now heads towards Vietnam.

http://edition.cnn.com

[Lite Beer]

Haiyan claims at least 138 lives in Philippines

Tacloban Airport is covered by debris after powerful Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP)

At least 138 people were confirmed dead in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, wiping away buildings and leveling seaside homes. At least 118 of the deaths were on hardest-hit Leyte Island, where Tacloban is located, said national disaster agency spokesman Maj. Reynaldo Balido.

But after arriving in Tacloban on Saturday, Interior Secretary Max Roxas said it was too early to know how many people had died in the storm, which was heading toward Vietnam after moving away from the Philippines.

"The rescue operation is ongoing, we expect a very high number of fatalities as well as injured," he said. "All systems, all vestiges of modern living — communications, power, water — all are down. Media is down, so there is no way to communicate with the people in a mass sort of way."

The Philippine Red Cross and its partners were preparing for a major relief effort "because of the magnitude of the disaster," said the agency’s chairman, Richard Gordon

-- The Nation 2013-11-09

[Lite Beer]

Death toll likely exceeds 1,000 after typhoon slams Philippines
By Andrew Stevens and Tom Watkins, CNN

Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) -- A day after Super Typhoon Haiyan roared through the Philippines, officials predicted that the death toll could reach 1,200 -- or more.

"We estimate 1,000 people were killed in Tacloban and 200 in Samar province," Gwendolyn Pang, secretary general of the Philippine Red Cross, said of two coastal areas where Haiyan hit first as it began its march Friday across the archipelago.
The Red Cross said it would have more precise numbers Sunday.

--CNN 2013-11-10

Read More: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/09/world/asia/philippines-typhoon-haiyan/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Lite Beer]

Philippine typhoon death toll could reach 10,000

TACLOBAN, Philippines - The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the central Philippine city of Tacloban could reach 10,000 people, officials said Sunday after the extent of massive devastation became apparent and horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees.

Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provincial Gov. Dominic Petilla late Saturday and told there were about 10,000 deaths in the province, mostly by drowning and from collapsed buildings. The governor’s figure was based on reports from village officials in areas where Typhoon Haiyan slammed Friday.

Tacloban city administrator Tecson Lim said that the death toll in the city alone "could go up to 10,000." Tacloban is the Leyte provincial capital of 200,000 people and the biggest city on Leyte Island.

About 300-400 bodies have already been recovered, Lim said. A mass burial was planned Sunday in Palo town near Tacloban.

The typhoon barreled through six central Philippine islands on Friday, wiping away buildings and leveling seaside homes with ferocious winds of 235 kilometers per hour (147 miles per hour) and gusts of 275 kph (170 mph). By those measurements, Haiyan would be comparable to a strong Category 4 hurricane in the U.S., and nearly in the top category, a 5.

It weakened Sunday to 163 kph (101 mph) with stronger gusts as it approached central and northern Vietnam where authorities evacuated more than 500,000 people.

-- The Nation 2013-11-10

[OZEMADE]

Horrifying reports from the Leyte province in the Philippines suggest the typhoon death toll in the region is enormous.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/19762666/10-000-feared-dead-in-typhoon-hit-philippine-province-police/

[Asia2000]

Local news reported estimated damage more than 7 Billion Peso.

Relief goods arriving to slow.

1 Million familes affected by the storm, and they need food and water.

Only 1 operational hospital in the Tacloban area, who already run out of medicines.

People looting malls, for anything they can find. Even ice cream machines and ATM's.

Police sending 150 police officers to the area. Army and Red Cross International are already in Tacloban.

On Saturday, people in Cebu city was buying up on food and water. Never seen so long lines in the supermarkets. Locals are afraid of another Typhoon. The Churces moved to the malls, praying for the victims and survivers. Was strange to witness so many emotional people in Ayala mall praying, and thanking God for their survival.

Philippines was struck by 7.2 Earthquake last month, and now the stongest Typhoon ever recorded.

The country is in desperate need for help from the world. After all the hardship the people of the Philippines has been through, they really deserve all the help they can get.

Asia2000 Cebu

[Lite Beer]

Hundreds dead, thousands missing in Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan

MANILA: Super typhoon Haiyan killed at least 300 people and left almost 2,000 others missing on the eastern Philippine island of Samar, a local official said today
AFP

Leo Dacaynos, a member of the Samar's disaster management council, said on DZBB radio that 300 people were confirmed killed in Basey, a small town on Samar.

He said almost 2,000 other people were missing in Basey and other Samar towns.

This was the first confirmation of large-scale fatalities in the island of Samar after Haiyan made landfall on the island before dawn Friday.

However vast areas of Samar, an island of over 733,000 people, still have not been contacted over two days after the typhoon struck.

Authorities estimate that more than 10,000 were killed by the storm in the neighbouring island of Leyte and the death toll in other typhoon-hit areas is rising further as well.

Another place particularly hard hit was the city of Tacloban, capital of Leyte province, where some 400 bodies have been recovered. Initial estimates are that as many as 10,000 people in the city - population 200,000 - may have died.

With Haiyan due to hit Vietnam's coastline tomorrow, 600,000 people have been moved to shelters or higher ground as that country braces for the super typhoon's arrival.

"We have evacuated more than 174,000 households, which is equivalent to more than 600,000 people," an official report by Vietnam's flood and storm control department said today.

The storm is expected to strike on Monday morning after changing course, prompting mass evacuations in northern Nghe An province around 230 kilometres (145 miles) from the capital Hanoi, the update said.

With the change in direction, many of the estimated 200,000 evacuated in four central provinces yesterday have been allowed to return to their homes.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/video-hundreds-dead-thousands-missing-in-philippines-after-typhoon-haiyan-42779.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

-- Phuket News 2013-11-10