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Posts Tagged ‘typhoon’
Natural disasters, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Dec 21st, 2011,
Philippine President Benigno Aquino declared a state of emergency after a tropical typhoon Washi (Sendong) battered the country and reportedly claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people. Regions most affected by the tropical storm were areas of the cities Cagayan de Oro and Iligan on Mindanao island. In a mere few hours the raging elements led to local rivers overflowing their banks and flash floods to cause water saturated soil to slip down slopes destroying everything in their path. Due to the almost zero chance of finding anyone still alive, dozens of people who previously were considered missing are now…
Tags: disaster, donate, help, killed, Philippines, Sendong, typhoon, victims, Washi
Natural disasters, Nature, Aug 29th, 2011,
Tropical storms are battering two parts of the world at present: the east coast of the United States and parts of East Asia. Hurricane Irene raged up from the Bahamas through North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and into New York, where it was downgraded to a tropical storm yesterday. According to the Associated Press Irene has claimed at least 21 lives in 8 US states. Two nuclear power plants in the US were shut down due to the hurricane, one in New Jersey (purely as a precautionary measure) and one in Maryland, which suffered minor damage. From the Guardian: A reactor…
Tags: Asia, hurricane, Irene, Maryland, New York, nuclear, tropical storm, typhoon, US
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Sep 19th, 2010,
Typhoon Fanapi caused power outages, evacuations and landslides Taiwan, but the eye of the storm has now left the island, according to a report on Focus Taiwan. Winds reached 220 km ph (136 mph) in some regions, causing problems for infrastructure and leaving 314,000 households without power. Mudslides caused by torrential rains blocked roads in mountainous areas. Flights, ferry services and Taiwan’s extensive high-speed rail network were also disrupted by the storm. Fanapi is Taiwan’s most severe typhoon so far this season and has so far resulted in 45 injuries. From a Reuters report: Government officials are on extra-high alert…
Tags: Fanapi, landslides, mudslides, Taiwan, typhoon
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Jul 18th, 2010,
Tropical storm Conson, aka typhoon Basyang, is currently battering southern China after heavy rains and flooding have already punished the country for weeks. The economic damage from China’s recent weather woes totals in billions of dollars, while evacuations in the affected areas have been widespread. From an Al Jazeera English report/video: Swollen rivers and landslides have already killed 135 people across the country since the start of July. More than 35 million people have had their lives disrupted by the floods and landslides, and more than a million people have been displaced. The Philippines also suffered heavy damage from Conson/Basyang,…
Tags: Asia, Basyang, China, Conson, damage, flooding, floods, Philippines, storm, tropical, typhoon
Nature, Jul 15th, 2010,
According to China’s Civil Affairs Ministry, rainstorms and floods have left at least 118 people dead and a further 47 missing in southern China this month. Damage from the flooding includes the destruction of some 101,000 houses, the relocation of 1.1 million people and an estimated financial toll of around $3.3bn (€2.6bn). From a xinhuanet.com report: By 4 p.m. Wednesday, more than 32.3 million people in 10 southern provinces and Chongqing Municipality had been affected by continuous rainstorms and floods, the ministry said. Euronews reports that Japan’s northern Kyushu and Chugoku regions have experienced severe flooding, resulting 85,000 evacuation orders….
Tags: Asia, China, dead, extreme, flooding, floods, japan, Philippines, rainstorms, storm, typhoon, weather
Climate Change, Politics, Mar 7th, 2010,
Thousands of surviving victims of Typhoon Ketsana are still in desperate circumstances, half a year since the storm struck the Philippines, causing floods, landslides, death and destruction. Displaced villagers wait in temporary basic shelters for some solution. But for the government of the Philippines, the survivors are not enough of a priority. Five months after Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, some evacuation centres are starting to close but thousands of people are still without homes. –Al Jazeera English Watch this Al Jazeera English video report from Metro Manila in the Philippines: Storm survivors wait for homes by Graham Land
Tags: Al Jazeera, Philippines, storm, survivors, typhoon
Climate Change, Oct 30th, 2009,
Shanghai, China: city of the future. But could Shanghai’s future include increased flooding and dangerously high water levels? Flooding is always a hazard for low altitude coastal cities. Shanghai sits at only three meters – or ten feet – above sea level, as do other world metropolises also threatened by higher waters, such as New York, London, Miami, Tokyo, Mumbai and Amsterdam. Perhaps they should call it ‘Shang-low’. But seriously, rising sea levels are no joke. Warming temperatures due to climate change are melting polar ice caps and glaciers; and causing desertification – all factors which can contribute to higher…
Tags: China, flooding, sea levels, Shanghai, typhoon
