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Posted by feww on January 21, 2014
EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS
CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS
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Tropical Depression AGATON kills or injures 100 people, affecting at least 830,000 others
Tropical Depression AGATON [locally known as “Lingling”] has claimed dozens of lives, leaving dozens more injured or missing, and affecting more than 830,000 others.
AGATON dumped significant amounts of rain on Mindanao island group and parts of the island of Samar over three days, triggering widespread flooding and landslides, which impacted many hundreds of towns and villages across 15 provinces, said National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
Many of the victims had already lost their homes to Super Typhoon HAIYAN in November.
About 207,000 people have lost their homes and are being moved to evacuation centers.
Posted in Climate Change, Global Disaster watch, global disasters, Significant Event Imagery, significant events | Tagged: Lingling, MINDANAO, Philippines disaster, Samar, Super Typhoon HAIYAN, Tropical Depression AGATON | Leave a Comment »
Posted by feww on December 3, 2013
Philippine Mega Disaster: Death toll climbs to 5,680 with 1,779 others missing
Death toll from Super Typhoon HAIYAN climbed to 5,680, after 48 bodies were recovered on Monday, said the Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
The number of people missing also rose to 1,779, with 26,233 others reportedly injured due to HAIYAN [ locally known as YOLANDA.]
Total number of people affected by the Super Typhoon has officially climbed to more than 11.2 million [U.N. estimate is about 13.5 million,] with the number of displaced also revised up to more than 4 million.
The number of houses destroyed or damaged has increased to 1,180,837 units including 587,035 units completely flattened, according to NDRRMC SitRep No. 51, released today.
The total cost of damage to infrastructure and agriculture [the estimate excludes cost of rebuilding homes] is pegged at over PhP34.36 billion [$1=43.77 Philippines peso] with PhP17.3 billion for losses in infrastructure and PhP17 billion for agriculture in Regions IV-A, IV-B, V, VI, VII, VIII, and CARAGA, said the report.
State of National Calamity
The Philippine President issued Presidential Proclamation No. 682 declaring a state of national calamity on 11 November 11, 2013.
Extent of Crop Damage
“High winds, heavy rains and localized floods destroyed houses and infrastructure, including irrigation facilities, and resulted in losses of the main staple rice paddy, sugarcane and coconut crops, as well as livestock, poultry and fisheries,” said the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
HAIYAN destroyed about 153,500 hectares (ha) of rice paddy, maize and other high value crops, including 77,500 ha of rice and 21,000 ha of maize crops, it added [figures are rounded to the nearest 100.]
Philippines imports of rice are to increase by 20 percent next year to 1.2 million metric tons, said FAO.
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models
On November 9, 2013, FIRE-EARTH Models estimated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
- FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimated the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
FIRE-EARTH and MSRB 2004 Forecast
In 2004, our team forecast an 80-90 percent increase in the total power dissipated annually by tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by 2015.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Chronology of Disaster
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) made its first landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province. HAIYAN made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa south of Tacloban City, Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu province, Conception, Iloilo province and Busuanga, Palawan province.
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Posted by feww on November 30, 2013
SHAME ON YOU!
An entire generation of Syrian children are becoming casualties of the Saudi-supported terrorist war in the country, with the UN refugee agency calling the situation as “a shameful milestone of conflict.”
More than half of the 2.2 million Syrian refugees are children, young people aged 17 or under, as the country faces losing an entire generation, warns UNHCR.
Some 75 per cent of the refugee children are under the age of 12.
“Too many have been wounded physically, psychologically or both. Some children have been drawn into the war—their innocence ruthlessly exploited,” said UNHCR in a report.
Many of those not at school go out to work for long hours and for low pay from as young as seven years old.
As many as 300,000 living in Lebanon and Jordan could be without formal education by the end of 2013, said UNHCR.
Thousands of children in Jordan and Lebanon are living without one or both of their parents, or with no adult caregivers at all.
Death toll from Super Typhoon HAIYAN climbed to 5,632, after 34 bodies were recovered in central Tacloban city since Thursday, said the Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
The number of people missing also rose to 1,759, with 26,136 others reported injured due to HAIYAN [ locally known as YOLANDA.] Read more…
Another day of massacre in Iraq leaves at least 55 dead
At least 55 people were killed on Friday as sectarian violence continues to spiral in Iraq.
Most of the victims were targeted individuals who had been snatched from their homes in Baghdad and neighboring towns, and executed, authorities said.
Police discovered 18 corpses early morning, including four policemen, an army major and two tribal chiefs, dumped in farmland near the town of Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad.
More than 8,000 people have been killed in Iraq, so far this year.
Mozambique airliner carrying 34 people vanishes
A passenger plane carrying 34 people vanished from radar screens over northeast Namibia en route from Mozambique to Angola on Friday, said the Mozambique Airlines .
The Embraer 190 with 28 passengers and six crews failed to arrive at the Angolan capital Luanda, authorities said.
Ukraine riot police break up pro-Europe demonstrations
Ukrainian riot police used batons and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of pro-Europe protesters on Saturday following a night of violence in the capital Kiev after President Yanukovich decided against a landmark pact with Europe. Read more…
Police helicopter crashes into Glasgow “pub”
At least three people were killed and dozens of other injured after a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow, Scotland.
Scottish authorities have declared a major incident after a police helicopter with a crew of three came down on the roof of a public house with an estimated 120 people inside.
55 found HIV positive in tests for blood donation in Japan
Some 55 of the 782 cases of new HIV infections confirmed across Japan between January and September 2013 were detected in tests for blood donors, according Japan’s health ministry.
Among every 100,000 blood donors, 1.4 people tested positive for HIV this year, the ministry’s data show. The rate is 1.8 times the nationwide ratio for HIV carriers detected last year.
Earlier this month, blood donated from an HIV-infected man was given to 2 people, one of whom became infected, said NHK.
The health authorities have not revealed the criteria for the test. It’s unclear what percentage of the donors are tested for HIV, given the latest infections.
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Posted by feww on November 30, 2013
Philippine Mega Disaster: Death toll rises to 5,632 with 1,759 others missing and 26,136 injured
Death toll from Super Typhoon HAIYAN climbed to 5,632, after 34 bodies were recovered in central Tacloban city since Thursday, said the Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
The number of people missing also rose to 1,759, with 26,136 others reported injured due to HAIYAN [ locally known as YOLANDA.]
Total number of people affected by the Super Typhoon is put at just under 11 million [U.N. estimate is about 13.5 million,] with the number of displaced revised down to about 3.9 million.
The number of houses destroyed or damaged has increased to 1,168,909 units including 582,827 units completely flattened, according to NDRRMC SitRep No. 48, released today.
The total cost of damage to infrastructure and agriculture [the estimate excludes cost of rebuilding homes] is pegged at over PhP30.6 billion [$1=43.77 Philippines peso] with about PhP15.6 for infrastructure and PhP15 billion for agriculture in Regions IV-A, IV-B, V, VI, VII, VIII, and CARAGA, said the report.
State of National Calamity
The Philippine President issued Presidential Proclamation No. 682 declaring a state of national calamity on 11 November 11, 2013.
Extent of Crop Damage
“High winds, heavy rains and localized floods destroyed houses and infrastructure, including irrigation facilities, and resulted in losses of the main staple rice paddy, sugarcane and coconut crops, as well as livestock, poultry and fisheries,” said the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
HAIYAN destroyed about 153,500 hectares (ha) of rice paddy, maize and other high value crops, including 77,500 ha of rice and 21,000 ha of maize crops, it added [figures are rounded to the nearest 100.]
Philippines imports of rice are to increase by 20 percent next year to 1.2 million metric tons, said FAO.
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models
On November 9, 2013, FIRE-EARTH Models estimated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
- FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
FIRE-EARTH and MSRB 2004 Forecast
In 2004, our team forecast an 80-90 percent increase in the total power dissipated annually by tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by 2015.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Chronology of Disaster
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) made its first landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province. HAIYAN made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa south of Tacloban City, Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu province, Conception, Iloilo province and Busuanga, Palawan province.
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Posted by feww on November 23, 2013
Super Typhoon HAIYAN left 6,848 dead or missing, destroyed or damaged 1,112,731 houses
The official death and damage toll in the aftermath of Super Typhoon HAIYAN continues rising.
Source: SitRep No. 36 released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC) November 23, 2013. [$1 = 43.8 Philippine pesos – FIRE-EARTH Blog]
[Note: Official estimates for the total cost of damage has been amended to PhP22.34billion] which is more realistic than their previous estimates.]
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) made its first landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province. HAIYAN made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa south of Tacloban City, Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu province, Conception, Iloilo province and Busuanga, Palawan province.
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models
On November 9, 2013, FIRE-EARTH Models estimated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
- FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
FIRE-EARTH and MSRB 2004 Forecast
In 2004, our team forecast an 80-90 percent increase in the total power dissipated annually by tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by 2015.
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Posted by feww on November 20, 2013
Death and Destruction Toll Rising in the Philippines
[1. First draft posted by MSRB on Internet on February 26, 2005]
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Death and Destruction Toll in the Philippines
- Dead or Missing: 5,613 (official)
- Injured: 18,557 (official)
- Homeless: 4.4 million (official)
- Directly affected: More than 13 million (U.N.)
Extent of Crop Damage
“High winds, heavy rains and localized floods destroyed houses and infrastructure, including irrigation facilities, and resulted in losses of the main staple rice paddy, sugarcane and coconut crops, as well as livestock, poultry and fisheries,” said the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
HAIYAN destroyed about 153,500 hectares (ha) of rice paddy, maize and other high value crops, including 77,500 ha of rice and 21,000 ha of maize crops, it added [figures are rounded to the nearest 100.]
Philippines imports of rice are to increase by 20 percent next year to 1.2 million metric tons, said FAO.
Source: SitRep No. 30 released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC) November 20, 2013. [$1 = 43.6 Philippine pesos – FIRE-EARTH Blog]
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) made its first landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province. HAIYAN made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa south of Tacloban City, Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu province, Conception, Iloilo province and Busuanga, Palawan province.
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Posted by feww on November 20, 2013
Death and Destruction Toll Rising in the Philippines
Super Typhoon HAIYAN:Death and Destruction Toll in the Philippines
- Dead or Missing: 5,613 (official)
- Injured: 18,557 (official)
- Homeless: 4.4 million (official)
- Directly affected: More than 13 million (U.N.)
Extent of Crop Damage
“High winds, heavy rains and localized floods destroyed houses and infrastructure, including irrigation facilities, and resulted in losses of the main staple rice paddy, sugarcane and coconut crops, as well as livestock, poultry and fisheries,” said the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
HAIYAN destroyed about 153,500 hectares (ha) of rice paddy, maize and other high value crops, including 77,500 ha of rice and 21,000 ha of maize crops, it added [figures are rounded to the nearest 100.]
Philippines imports of rice are to increase by 20 percent next year to 1.2 million metric tons, said FAO.
Source: SitRep No. 30 released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC) November 20, 2013. [$1 = 43.6 Philippine pesos – FIRE-EARTH Blog]
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) made its first landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province. HAIYAN made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa south of Tacloban City, Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu province, Conception, Iloilo province and Busuanga, Palawan province.
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Posted by feww on November 18, 2013
Global Disasters/ Significant Events – November 18, 2013
At least SIX people were killed and dozens more injured after 67 tornadoes [confirmed total] spawned by a massive weather system struck parts of 9 states, including Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. Some 442 events have so far been reported across NINE states after Sunday storm attacks, which flattened large section of the city of Washington, Ill.
Russian authorities confirmed that all 50 people aboard a passenger plane were killed when the aircraft crashed on landing in central Russia’s city of Kazan, capital of Tatarstan Republic.
24 people were killed and 20 others injured when a train crashed into a pickup truck and a bus near Cairo, the state news agency MENA said on Monday.
50 Children were killed when a train hit their school bus near Manfalut, about 350km south of Cairo, on November 17, 2012.
Guided-missile cruiser struck by “friendly” drone: LATimes
The guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville was struck by an aerial-target drone during a training exercise off Ventura County, officials said.
BQM-74E target drones are launched from the guided-missile destroyer McCampbell in 2010. (Ensign Colleen R. Praxmarer / U.S. Navy)
The US Navy vessel was struck on its port side by an BQM-74 series drone, leaving two sailors with burns.
“The drone, controlled from Point Mugu, was being used during a routine exercise meant to test the ship’s radar system’s tracking ability. The test was not designed for the ship to shoot down the drone,” LATimes quoted officials as saying.
Navy technicians are examining the extent of damage to the ship, as other specialists try to establish the possible cause of the drone malfunction, said the report.
Bomb attack kills 31 in Syria including 4 generals
A bomb attack by Saudi-backed foreign terrorists on an army base near Damascus killed at least 31 Syrian military personnel including four generals, according to reports.
“Three generals and a brigadier-general were among 31 troops killed in a bomb attack that caused a building in the army transport base in Harasta to collapse,” said director for Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Libya declares a State of Emergency in Tripoli as deadly violence erupts
A 48-hour state of emergency has been declared in the Libyan capital Tripoli after gun battles between rival militia groups left at least 45 people dead and more than 400 wounded.
However, eyewitnesses say the death toll is much higher than the official figures.
“Officially, there were more than 40 victims in the clashes in Tripoli in the past two days, but according to our data, the number of victims is much larger,” a medic on the scene told reporters.
Potentially Disastrous Fuel Rod Removal Operation Starts at Fukushima Daiichi
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. TEPCO, has begun removing nuclear fuel rods from a storage pool at a damaged No. 4 reactor building.
The pool contains 1,533 fuel units, of which 1,331 are highly radioactive spent rods. The operator decided to remove unused units first because they release less radiation and heat than the used ones.
Philippines Mega Disaster Update – SitRep No. 27
Super Typhoon HAIYAN affected up to 14 million Filipinos, leaving 5,578 dead or missing, 4,009, 074 homeless, and causing at least PHP10.4 billion worth of damage to the country’s agriculture and infrastructure.
Source: SitRep No. 27 released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC) November 18, 2013. [$1 = 43.66 Philippine pesos]
Mass Burials
Town officials bury some of the victims of the Super Typhoon HAIYAN in a mass grave. Credit: Local news media.
This post will be updated throughout the day as more information becomes available.
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Posted by feww on November 17, 2013
Super Typhoon HAIYAN affects 13 pct. of Philippine population, leaves 4 pct. homeless
The number of Filipinos affected by Super Typhoon HAIYAN has increased to over 13 million [UNOCHA,] with about 4 million people displaced [NDRRMC.] The latest figure for the homeless is 7 times the government estimates released only 4 days ago.
- According to the latest figures, more than 4 percent of the Philippines population of about 99 million are now homeless as a result of Super Typhoon HAIYAN.
On November 9, 2013, FIRE-EARTH Models estimated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
Dead, Injured, or Missing
Many people may have been swept out to sea and their bodies lost after a tsunami-like wall of seawater slammed into coastal areas. One neighborhood with a population of between 10,000 and 12,000 was now deserted, said Tacloban mayor Alfred Romualdez.
Philippine Government’s [Highly Politicized] Official Disaster Stats [including its woefully inadequate disaster response to date]
Source: SitRep No. 25 released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC) November 17, 2013 @ 6:00pm local time.
Source: SitRep No. 24 released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC) November 17, 2013. [$1 = 43.66 Philippine pesos]
[Note: Official estimates for the total cost of damage has been amended to PhP10.34billion] which is more realistic than the initial estimates.]
This post will be updated throughout the day as more information becomes available.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Chronology of Disaster
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) made its first landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province. HAIYAN made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa south of Tacloban City, Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu province, Conception, Iloilo province and Busuanga, Palawan province.
- Philippine Mega Disaster: 2 Million Displaced November 16, 2013
- Death Toll Doubles in Philippine Typhoon Disaster November 15, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Death Toll Continues Rising November 14, 2013
- Philippine President Lowers the Typhoon Death Toll, for Now November 13, 2013
- Stench of Death Permeates the Philippines Disaster Zone November 12, 2013
- Tropical Depression ZORAIDA Striking Mindanao, Philippines November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Update – November 11 November 11, 2013
- Typhoon HAIYAN Strikes Northern Vietnam Near China Border November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Zone: “It’s Like the End of the World.” November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN – NOV 10 Update November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Casualties Could Top Many Thousands November 9, 2013
- Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami” November 8, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN’S Arm Battering the Philippines November 7, 2013
- “Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN – Image Update November 6, 2013
- HAIYAN Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Levels November 6, 2013
- Potential Super Typhoon Headed for the Philippines November 4, 2013
- Typhoon KROSA Destroys or Damages 19,000 Homes in Philippines November 2, 2013
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Posted by feww on November 16, 2013
Super Typhoon HAIYAN affects 13 pct. of Philippine population, leaves 2 pct. homeless
The number of people affected has increased to nearly 13 million, with about 2 million people displaced. The latest figures, provided by the U.N., represent a significant increase from the previous bulletin.
- According to the latest figures, more than 2 percent of the Philippines population of about 99 million are now homeless as a result of Super Typhoon HAIYAN.
Many people may have been swept out to sea and their bodies lost after a tsunami-like wall of seawater slammed into coastal areas. One neighborhood with a population of between 10,000 and 12,000 was now deserted, said Tacloban mayor Alfred Romualdez.
On November 9, 2013, FIRE-EARTH Models estimated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
Philippine Government’s [Highly Politicized] Official Disaster Stats:
Source: SitRep No. 22 released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC) November 16, 2013. [$1 = 43.66 Philippine pesos]
[Notes: Official estimates for the total cost of damage has been amended to PhP9,460,240,222.13] which is more realistic than the initial estimates. Philippines population is about 99 million.]
This post will be updated throughout the day as more information becomes available.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Chronology of Disaster
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) made its first landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province. HAIYAN made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa south of Tacloban City, Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu province, Conception, Iloilo province and Busuanga, Palawan province.
- Death Toll Doubles in Philippine Typhoon Disaster November 15, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Death Toll Continues Rising November 14, 2013
- Philippine President Lowers the Typhoon Death Toll, for Now November 13, 2013
- Stench of Death Permeates the Philippines Disaster Zone November 12, 2013
- Tropical Depression ZORAIDA Striking Mindanao, Philippines November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Update – November 11 November 11, 2013
- Typhoon HAIYAN Strikes Northern Vietnam Near China Border November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Zone: “It’s Like the End of the World.” November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN – NOV 10 Update November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Casualties Could Top Many Thousands November 9, 2013
- Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami” November 8, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN’S Arm Battering the Philippines November 7, 2013
- “Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN – Image Update November 6, 2013
- HAIYAN Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Levels November 6, 2013
- Potential Super Typhoon Headed for the Philippines November 4, 2013
- Typhoon KROSA Destroys or Damages 19,000 Homes in Philippines November 2, 2013
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Posted by feww on November 15, 2013
1.5 Percent of Philippine Population Left Homeless by ST HAIYAN
11.8million (12 percent of the population) directly affected, 1,487,040 displaced, 4,460 confirmed dead
The Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), estimated 11.8 million people have been affected by Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) across nine regions (Eastern Visayas, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, MIMAROPA, CALABARZON, Bicol, Northern Mindanao, Davao, and Caraga).
Total number of people who have lost their homes as of 6:00am Friday, November 15, 2013 climbed to 1,487,040 persons , or 314,936 families [NDRRMC SitRep No. 20,] and rising. [ New figures are due to improved access to more areas and validation of figures, said UNOCHA.]
Typhoon Death Toll
The Government confirmed that 4,460 people have so far perished, as of 13 November 13, 2013. [Note: NDRRMC is yet to upgrade the death toll on its twice-daily bulletins.]
No of Homes Destroyed or Damaged
Some 253,049 houses have been destroyed or damaged as a result of Super Typhoon HAIYAN. The latest figure includes 136,247 homes that have been leveled.
Cost of Damage
Official estimate for the total cost of damage to agriculture and infrastructure has been amended to PhP4,060,044,079.13. The revised damage estimates are substantially lower than the previous figures released by NDRRMC on November 12, 2013. [$1 = 43.6 Philippine pesos]
Survivors of Super Typhoon HAIYAN roaming streets of Tacloban City in search of food shortly after the deadly storm struck.
Other News
Fuel in Tacloban City is expected to run out b y early next week.
Notes
1. On November 9, 2013, FIRE-EARTH Models estimated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
2. FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
3. Philippines population is about 99million.
This post will be updated throughout the day as more information becomes available.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Chronology of Disaster
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (locally known as YOLANDA) made its first
landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province. HAIYAN made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa south of Tacloban City, Leyte province, Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu province, Conception, Iloilo province and Busuanga, Palawan province.
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Death Toll Continues Rising November 14, 2013
- Philippine President Lowers the Typhoon Death Toll, for Now November 13, 2013
- Stench of Death Permeates the Philippines Disaster Zone November 12, 2013
- Tropical Depression ZORAIDA Striking Mindanao, Philippines November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Update – November 11 November 11, 2013
- Typhoon HAIYAN Strikes Northern Vietnam Near China Border November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Zone: “It’s Like the End of the World.” November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN – NOV 10 Update November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Casualties Could Top Many Thousands November 9, 2013
- Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami” November 8, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN’S Arm Battering the Philippines November 7, 2013
- “Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN – Image Update November 6, 2013
- HAIYAN Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Levels November 6, 2013
- Potential Super Typhoon Headed for the Philippines November 4, 2013
- Typhoon KROSA Destroys or Damages 19,000 Homes in Philippines November 2, 2013
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Posted by feww on November 14, 2013
About 12% of the entire Philippines population directly affected by Super Typhoon HAIYAN: UNDAC
Official figures: At least 2,357 people are dead; 3,853 injured; 77 missing and 818,596 displaced
On November 9, 2013, FIRE-EARTH Models estimated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
The following table [SitRep No. 19] shows latest official casualty and damage estimates released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC).
Source: Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC). [$1 = 43.6 Philippine pesos]
[Notes: Official estimates for the total cost of damage has been substantially reduced to PhP4,060,044,079.13,] which is more realistic than the original figures. Philippines population is about 99million.]
Table below [SitRep No. 18] shows earlier casualty and damage estimates as released by Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC).
Source: Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC).
This post will be updated throughout the day as more information becomes available.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Chronology of Disaster
- Philippine President Lowers the Typhoon Death Toll, for Now November 13, 2013
- Stench of Death Permeates the Philippines Disaster Zone November 12, 2013
- Tropical Depression ZORAIDA Striking Mindanao, Philippines November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Update – November 11 November 11, 2013
- Typhoon HAIYAN Strikes Northern Vietnam Near China Border November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Zone: “It’s Like the End of the World.” November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN – NOV 10 Update November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Casualties Could Top Many Thousands November 9, 2013
- Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami” November 8, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN’S Arm Battering the Philippines November 7, 2013
- “Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN – Image Update November 6, 2013
- HAIYAN Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Levels November 6, 2013
- Potential Super Typhoon Headed for the Philippines November 4, 2013
- Typhoon KROSA Destroys or Damages 19,000 Homes in Philippines November 2, 2013
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Posted by feww on November 13, 2013
UPDATE [12:00UTC on November 13, 2013]: The official death toll from Super Typhoon HAIYAN has climbed to 2,344 with 3,804 others injured and 79 reported missing, said NDRRMC. Some 188,225 houses have been damaged or destroyed .
UPDATE [05:00UTC on November 13, 2013]: At least eight people were crushed to death in Alangalang municipality, Leyte province, after thousands of hungry typhoon survivors stormed a government rice warehouse and carted away more than 100,000 sacks of rice, reported AP.
Condition of people in hundreds of other towns and villages stretching over thousands of kilometers remains UNKNOWN: MSF
The death toll from Super Typhoon HAIYAN Disaster through the Philippines is closer to 2,000 or 2,500 than the 10,000 previously estimated, said President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday.
“Ten thousand, I think, is too much,” Aquino said in an interview. “There was emotional drama involved with that particular estimate.”
However, Aquino acknowledged the fact that the death toll may rise, after information from remote storm-struck areas became available.
“We’re hoping to be able to contact something like 29 municipalities left wherein we still have to establish their numbers, especially for the missing, but so far 2,000, about 2,500, is the number we are working on as far as deaths are concerned,” he said.
HAIYAN has flattened several towns and numerous villages, however the fate of hundreds of other towns and villages remain unknown, as of posting.
“There are hundreds of other towns and villages stretched over thousands of kilometers that were in the path of the typhoon and with which all communication has been cut,” said an emergency coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières.
“No one knows what the situation is like in these more rural and remote places, and it’s going to be some time before we have a full picture.”
Many aid workers at the disaster zone also believe the casualty figures quoted by the Philippine President to be wildly inaccurate.
“Probably [the casualty figures] will be higher because numbers are just coming in. Many of the areas we cannot access,” secretary general of the Philippine Red Cross told Reuters.
Red Cross has put the preliminary number of missing at 22,000. However that figure could include people who have since been located.
Disaster Stats as of [06:00am local time – November 13, 2013]
Source: Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC). [$1 = 43.20 Philippine pesos]
UN Disaster Stats
More than 11 million people are likely affected, with at least 673,000 displaced, said the U.N.
How high was the “tsunami” that struck the Philippines coast?
On November 8, 2013, FIRE-EARTH moderators posted the following on this blog: Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami”
FIRE-EARTH said: Super Typhoon HAIYAN, Probably the Strongest Storm in Modern Era, Strikes the Philippines
FIRE-EARTH Models show storm surges of up to 20 meters high, generated by the Super Typhoon, striking coastal areas in the Bicol Peninsula.
Our models have since re-simulated the typhoon impact using additional data and show that the initial forecast was accurate. The storm surge generated by Super Typhoon HAIYAN created tsunami-like waves, the largest of which was just over 20 meters high as it hit the shorelines near Tacloban City. The waves quickly lost amplitude, however, as they traveled onshore.
Disaster Stats as of [06:00am local time – November 12, 2013]
- Tacloban City remains the worst affected area with at least 10,000 dead and counting, according to the government estimates.
- [The Philippine NDRMC has confirmed the number of dead at 1,774, with 2,487 others injured and 82 missing so far. Senior officials have estimated the death toll at more than 10,000. FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimated the casualties at up to 40,000. ]
- Nearly 10 million people have been affected by the HAIYAN, including 3.5 million who lived directly in the path of the deadly typhoon, who have been hit severely.
- The official number of those who have lost their homes has increased to about two-thirds of a million people (the actual number of people displaced is 659,268, as of posting).
- Most of the disaster zone lacks clean water, food, shelter, sanitation, medical supplies, transportation or communication links.
- Large numbers of victims are roaming around like “zombies” begging for help, and scavenging for food, water and medicine.
- Significant devastation has been reported along the northeast coast of Iloilo province, especially in Conception and San Dionisio municipalities.
- Many roads throughout the disaster zone are still inaccessible, due to significant amounts of debris.
- Dozens of towns and villages in the Cebu province have suffered up to 90% devastation.
- The town of Guiuanin (population: 44,000) in Samar province is almost entirely flattened.
- The city of Baco (Population 37,000) in Oriental Mindoro province was 80% under water, according to the UN.
- There is still no information available on the condition of people in remote areas of the country.
Vietnam
Typhoon HAIYAN was the 14th storm to hit Vietnam this year, leaving at least 14 dead, 4 missing and 81 others injured, according to the country’s National Committee for Search and Rescue.
China
HAIYAN killed at least 7 people in China, including five people in Hainan and two in Guangxi, and left 4 others missing. The cyclone destroyed 900 houses and damaged 8,500 others. It also destroyed 25,500 hectares of crops, with the direct economic losses estimated at 4.47 billion yuan ($734 million), said Xinhua.
“The National Disaster Reduction Commission announced that more than 3 million people in China’s southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region had been affected by the typhoon.”
Previous UPDATE [13:30UTC on November 11, 2013 ]
- President Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity and deployed more than 300 soldiers in Tacloban City to quell looting.
- Aid agencies say about 3.5 million people directly in the path of the typhoon have been severely affected.
- More than 300 people are confirmed dead and about 2,000 others have been reported as missing in the town Basey, Samar province, according to the provincial governor.
- “The situation is bad, the devastation has been significant. In some cases the devastation has been total,” a senior politician told reporters.
- HAIYAN has destroyed up to 90 percent of structures in its path. Some 350,000 homes have been destroyed according to an aid worker. This figure dwarfs the disaster estimates issued by the NDRMC.
- Dazed survivors are begging for help and scavenging for food, water and medicine on Monday, reported Reuters.
- “There’s an awful lot of casualties, a lot of people dead all over the place, a lot of destruction,” Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross, told the BBC.
This post will be updated throughout the day as more information becomes available.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Chronology of Disaster
- Stench of Death Permeates the Philippines Disaster Zone November 12, 2013
- Tropical Depression ZORAIDA Striking Mindanao, Philippines November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Update – November 11 November 11, 2013
- Typhoon HAIYAN Strikes Northern Vietnam Near China Border November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Zone: “It’s Like the End of the World.” November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN – NOV 10 Update November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Casualties Could Top Many Thousands November 9, 2013
- Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami” November 8, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN’S Arm Battering the Philippines November 7, 2013
- “Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN – Image Update November 6, 2013
- HAIYAN Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Levels November 6, 2013
- Potential Super Typhoon Headed for the Philippines November 4, 2013
- Typhoon KROSA Destroys or Damages 19,000 Homes in Philippines November 2, 2013
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Posted by feww on November 12, 2013
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Scope of the Disaster Widens
Surviving victims of the Philippines mega disaster began their fifth day on Tuesday with no food, water, medicine, electricity or communication lines in the worst-affected provinces of Eastern Samar, Leyte, Oriental Mindoro, Masbate, Sorsogon, Negros, Capiz, Romblon and Busuanga in Palawan.
Significant damage to housing have been reported in northern Negros Oriental province. In Cadiz City, for example, about 5,000 houses. Nearly all corn and sugar crops surrounding the city have been destroyed. The neighboring city of Sagay has also experienced much of the same fate.
Survivors of the Super Typhoon HAIYAN trying to identify the dead in Tacloban city, Philippines, November 12, 2013. Image credit: Screenshot from Reuters video clip/Romeo Ranoco.
Disaster Stats
- Tacloban City remains the worst affected area with at least 10,000 dead and counting, according to the government estimates.
- [The Philippine NDRMC has confirmed the number of dead at 1,774, with 2,487 others injured and 82 missing so far. Senior officials have estimated the death toll at more than 10,000. FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimated the casualties at up to 40,000. ]
- Nearly 10 million people have been affected by the HAIYAN, including 3.5 million who lived directly in the path of the deadly typhoon, who have been hit severely.
- The official number of those who have lost their homes has increased to about two-thirds of a million people (the actual number of people displaced is 659,268, as of posting).
- Most of the disaster zone lacks clean water, food, shelter, sanitation, medical supplies, transportation or communication links.
- Large numbers of victims are roaming around like “zombies” begging for help, and scavenging for food, water and medicine.
- Significant devastation has been reported along the northeast coast of Iloilo province, especially in Conception and San Dionisio municipalities.
- Many roads throughout the disaster zone are still inaccessible, due to significant amounts of debris.
- Dozens of towns and villages in the Cebu province have suffered up to 90% devastation.
- The town of Guiuanin (population: 44,000) in Samar province is almost entirely flattened.
- The city of Baco (Population 37,000) in Oriental Mindoro province was 80% under water, according to the UN.
- There is still no information available on the condition of people in remote areas of the country.
NDRC Update [ November 12, 2013 ]
Source: Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC). [$1 = 43.20 Philippine pesos]
Vietnam
Typhoon HAIYAN was the 14th storm to hit Vietnam this year, leaving at least 14 dead, 4 missing and 81 others injured, according to the country’s National Committee for Search and Rescue.
China
HAIYAN killed at least 7 people in China, including five people in Hainan and two in Guangxi, and left 4 others missing. The cyclone destroyed 900 houses and damaged 8,500 others. It also destroyed 25,500 hectares of crops, with the direct economic losses estimated at 4.47 billion yuan ($734 million), said Xinhua.
“The National Disaster Reduction Commission announced that more than 3 million people in China’s southern provinces of Hainan and Guangdong and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region had been affected by the typhoon.”
Previous UPDATE [13:30UTC on November 11, 2013 ]
- President Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity and deployed more than 300 soldiers in Tacloban City to quell looting.
- Aid agencies say about 3.5 million people directly in the path of the typhoon have been severely affected.
- More than 300 people are confirmed dead and about 2,000 others have been reported as missing in the town Basey, Samar province, according to the provincial governor.
- “The situation is bad, the devastation has been significant. In some cases the devastation has been total,” a senior politician told reporters.
- HAIYAN has destroyed up to 90 percent of structures in its path. Some 350,000 homes have been destroyed according to an aid worker. This figure dwarfs the disaster estimates issued by the NDRMC.
- Dazed survivors are begging for help and scavenging for food, water and medicine on Monday, reported Reuters.
- “There’s an awful lot of casualties, a lot of people dead all over the place, a lot of destruction,” Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross, told the BBC.
Tropical Depression ZORAIDA
Meantime, Tropical Depression ZORAIDA was located about 216km southeast of Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur, or 192km East of Davao City, dumping moderate to heavy rain at rates of up to 15mm per hour within a 300-km radius, as of 5:00am local time, said PAGASA.
This post will be updated throughout the day as more information becomes available.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Chronology of Disaster
- Tropical Depression ZORAIDA Striking Mindanao, Philippines November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Update – November 11 November 11, 2013
- Typhoon HAIYAN Strikes Northern Vietnam Near China Border November 11, 2013
- Philippine Disaster Zone: “It’s Like the End of the World.” November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN – NOV 10 Update November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Casualties Could Top Many Thousands November 9, 2013
- Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami” November 8, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN’S Arm Battering the Philippines November 7, 2013
- “Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN – Image Update November 6, 2013
- HAIYAN Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Levels November 6, 2013
- Potential Super Typhoon Headed for the Philippines November 4, 2013
- Typhoon KROSA Destroys or Damages 19,000 Homes in Philippines November 2, 2013
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Posted by feww on November 11, 2013
FIRE-EARTH Models show the extent of typhoon disaster in the Philippines, combined with the impact of other looming events, would drive the country toward collapse!
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UPDATED at 13:30UTC
Nearly 10 million people affected by the deadly Super Typhoon HAIYAN (YOLANDA)
More than 650,000 people have lost their homes, according to the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMC).
In their latest bulletin issued at 6.00am on November 11, 2013, NDRMC has released the following disaster statistics following the Super Typhoon attack:
- 255 individuals confirmed dead, 71 injured, 38 missing. [The Philippine military has confirmed the number of dead at 942 with 275 others missing. Senior officials have estimated the death toll at more than 10,000. FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the casualties at up to 40,000. ]
- 2,095, 262 families (9,679,059 persons) have been affected in 7,251 barangays in 471 municipalities and 51 cities in 41 provinces. [There are 80 provinces in the Philippines.]
- Out of the total affected, some 128,303 families (total of 615,774 persons) have been displaced.
- The total cost of damage to infrastructure and agriculture is estimated at Ph296,505,629.05, most of which is for the losses and damage to agriculture: Ph257,508,129. [$1 = 43.20 Philippine pesos]
[Some of the figures released by the Council are of course nonsensical because large sections of the disaster zone remain inaccessible, as of posting. Editor]
People stand among debris and ruins of houses destroyed after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013. Image Credit REUTERS/Erik De Castro.
Meantime, several municipalities have declared states of calamity, as the Philippines President considers declaring a national state of emergency.
UPDATE [13:30UTC on November 11, 2013 ]
- President Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity and deployed more than 300 soldiers in Tacloban City to quell looting.
- Aid agencies say about 3.5 million people directly in the path of the typhoon have been severely affected.
- More than 2,000 people have been reported as missing in the town Basey, Samar province, according to the provincial governor.
- “The situation is bad, the devastation has been significant. In some cases the devastation has been total,” a senior politician told reporters.
- HAIYAN has destroyed up to 90 percent of structures in its path. Some 350,000 homes have been destroyed according to an aid worker. This figure dwarfs the disaster estimates issued by the NDRMC.
- Dazed survivors are begging for help and scavenging for food, water and medicine on Monday, reported Reuters.
- “There’s an awful lot of casualties, a lot of people dead all over the place, a lot of destruction,” Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross, told the BBC.
Related Links
- Philippine Disaster Zone: “It’s Like the End of the World.” November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN – NOV 10 Update November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Casualties Could Top Many Thousands November 9, 2013
- Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami” November 8, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN’S Arm Battering the Philippines November 7, 2013
- “Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN – Image Update November 6, 2013
- HAIYAN Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Levels November 6, 2013
- Potential Super Typhoon Headed for the Philippines November 4, 2013
- Typhoon KROSA Destroys or Damages 19,000 Homes in Philippines November 2, 2013
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Posted by feww on November 11, 2013
Deadly HAIYAN makes landfall in northern Vietnam as a Cat. 1 storm
The once super typhoon was downgraded to a severe tropical storm as of posting, but was expected to dump up to 400mm of rain on parts of northern Vietnam and southern China.
Vietnam had reportedly evacuated about 900,000 people from coastal areas including 600,000 from the country’s northern region. China has issued a typhoon alert for Hainan island, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.
The typhoon had earlier swept over Vietnam’s Con Co island, forcing the residents to evacuated to underground shelter(!)
HAIYAN has already killed about a dozen people in Vietnam.
Severe Tropical Storm HAIYAN. IR/Water Vapor Difference [FIRE-EARTH Enhancement] satellite image (recorded at 00:30UTC on November 11, 2013. Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
The once Super Typhoon, HAIYAN has now transformed into a “rain machine,” expected to dump up to 400mm of rain over parts of northern Vietnam and southern China.
This post would be updated throughout the day, if further news becomes available.
Related Links
- Philippine Disaster Zone: “It’s Like the End of the World.” November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN – NOV 10 Update November 10, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN: Casualties Could Top Many Thousands November 9, 2013
- Extraterrestrial Typhoon Force Generating 20-Meter “Tsunami” November 8, 2013
- Super Typhoon HAIYAN’S Arm Battering the Philippines November 7, 2013
- “Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN – Image Update November 6, 2013
- HAIYAN Intensifying to “Extraterrestrial” Levels November 6, 2013
- Potential Super Typhoon Headed for the Philippines November 4, 2013
- Typhoon KROSA Destroys or Damages 19,000 Homes in Philippines November 2, 2013
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Posted by feww on November 10, 2013
Victims walking like zombies looking for food
Eyewitness Accounts from the Typhoon Disaster Zone
- “Tacloban is totally destroyed. Some people are losing their minds from hunger or from losing their families,” a high school teacher told reporters. “People are becoming violent. They are looting business establishments, the malls, just to find food, rice and milk… I am afraid that in one week, people will be killing from hunger.”
- “People are walking like zombies looking for food,” said a medical student in Leyte. “It’s like a [horror] movie.”
- “It’s like the end of the world,” said a Chinese tourist, describing the scene of total devastation in Tacloban City.
- Aerial surveys show “significant damage to coastal areas” with large ships thrown ashore, countless homes destroyed and large swathes of crops “decimated,” said The U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
- “We had a meeting last night with the governor and the other officials. The governor said, based on their estimate, 10,000 died,” said a senior official in the province of Leyte. “The devastation is so big.”
- “From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometer inland, there are no structures standing. It was like a tsunami,” said Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas. “The dead are on the streets, they are in their houses, they are under the debris, they are everywhere,” said a Tacloban City Councilor.
- “I have never seen such damage in my life,” said Capt John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority in the Philippines. I saw “utter destruction […] At the airport, there’s actually no structure left standing except the walls,” he told reporters.
- “Almost all houses were destroyed […] Only a few houses are left standing, but with partial damages,” Major Rey Balido, a spokesman for the national disaster agency said.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN Disaster Zone. Screenshot from AP news video bulletin showing a scene of devastation in Leyte Province, Philippines. See video HERE.
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Posted by feww on November 10, 2013
Casualty Figures Moving Closer to FIRE-EARTH Forecasts
Super Typhoon HAIYAN has killed at least 10,000 people in the Tacloban alone, according to the provincial governor.
Tacloban, officially the City of Tacloban (pop: 230,000), located central Philippines province of Leyte, bore the brunt of HAIYAN. The casualty figure has not yet been confirmed by the central government’s disaster agency.
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models calculated the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties, the blog said on Saturday.
Summary of Latest Events
Typhoon HAIYAN was downgraded to a Cat. 4A storm force on the FEWW New Hurricane Scale racing toward Indochina Peninsula, over the warm (29ºC) waters of South China Sea, at a forward speed of about 35 km/hr, as of 04:30UTC on Saturday November 9, 2013.
UPDATES – Sunday November 10, 2013
- According to the latest official figures, about 500,000 people have been displaced and more than 4.5 million people affected as a result of the typhoon attack.
- At least 300 people were killed in Samar province, with 2,000 others reported as missing. Scores of others are injured. “However vast areas of Samar, an island of over 733,000, still have not been contacted over two days after the typhoon struck.” AFP said.
- Authorities in Vietnam have evacuated about 900,000 people in 11 provinces.
- “Tacloban is totally destroyed. Some people are losing their minds from hunger or from losing their families,” a high school teacher told reporters. “People are becoming violent. They are looting business establishments, the malls, just to find food, rice and milk… I am afraid that in one week, people will be killing from hunger.”
- “People are walking like zombies looking for food,” said a medical student in Leyte. “It’s like a movie.”
- A tourist describing the scene of total devastation in Tacloban City said: “It’s like the end of the world.”
- Aerial surveys show “significant damage to coastal areas” with large ships thrown ashore, countless homes destroyed and large swathes of crops “decimated,” said The U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
- President Benigno Aquino is reportedly considering to impose martial law to stem the widespread looting (!)
Typhoon HAIYAN – IR/Water Vapor Difference [FIRE-EARTH Enhancement] satellite image (recorded at 02:30UTC on November 10, 2013. Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
UPDATES – Saturday November 9, 2013
- As of 12:00UTC the typhoon-related death toll had climbed to 1,200, but it’s expected to rise sharply.
- Large scale devastation has occurred in the islands of Leyte and Samar, which is consistent with FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models.
- At least 36 provinces, out of a total of 80, have been severely affected.
- FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
- At least 4.3 million people have been affected including about 350,000 who have lost their homes, according to the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
- The Super Typhoon pummeled seven of the country’s 17 regions, causing large-scale power outages across much of the disaster areas.
- There are numerous reports of widespread looting across the disaster zone.
- Dozens of towns throughout the disaster zone have declared states of calamity.
- HAIYAN is currently targeting South China, moving close to Vietnam shoreline, according to revised projections suggested by several models. This would be a nightmare scenario for Vietnam because the typhoon could dump 4 to 6 times more rain over the country, and affect a much larger land area, than previously forecast, according to FIRE-EARTH Models.
- Chinese authorities have issued a level three emergency response as the recently downgraded Cat 2 typhoon approaches southern China.
FIRE-EARTH Models show storm surges of up to 20 meters high, generated by the Super Typhoon, striking coastal areas in the Bicol Peninsula. SEE
[NOTE: To those reporters who have difficulty understanding the basic mechanics of tsunamis: The height of tsunamis are governed by at least two major factors, in this case, (i) the initial height of the storm surge, and (ii) the geographical characteristics of the attack area. This is best described by Diposaptono et al in their paper Impacts of the 2011 East Japan tsunami in the Papua region, Indonesia: field observation data and numerical analyses – Geophysical Journal International, Volume 194, Issue 3, p.1625-1639.
… the impacts of the 2011 East Japan tsunami in Yos Sudarso Bay, Papua, Indonesia. Although the far-field tsunami had a height of 0.8 m measured at a tide gauge inside the small U-shaped bay, it severely damaged four villages scattered along the bay. Detailed numerical analysis was carried out to explain the damages. We used a well-verified source model in the near- and far-field cases to model the propagation of the tsunami southward in the Pacific until reaching Papua Island, Indonesia. The numerical analyses demonstrate two causes of damage in the bay: the maximum tsunami velocity (3.5 m s-1) floated the houses in the villages of Tobati and Enggros and caused them to collapse, and water trapped by the hook-shaped peninsula amplified the tsunami height at the Holtekamp and Hanurata.
Extent of the Devastation
“From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometer inland, there are no structures standing. It was like a tsunami,” said Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas.
“The dead are on the streets, they are in their houses, they are under the debris, they are everywhere,” said Tecson John Lim, a Tacloban city administrator.
“I have never seen such damage in my life,” said Capt John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority in the Philippines. I saw “utter destruction.”
“At the airport, there’s actually no structure left standing except the walls,” he told reporters.
Bohol Island Earthquake Disaster Update
Meantime, the following disaster update has been issued for the M7.2 earthquake that struck Bohol Island on October 15 2013.
- Number of people killed: 195 + (12 others missing, presumed dead)
- Injuries: 651
- About 350,000 people have been displaced.
The earthquake triggered massive landslides causing extensive damage to housing, hospitals, schools, infrastructure and utilities, with more than 53,300 houses severely damaged or destroyed.
More details to follow…
This post will be updated throughout Sunday.
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Posted by feww on November 9, 2013
HAIYAN: A new breed of “intelligent,” “designer” typhoons with built-in “power-preserver mechanism”
FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models show the impact of Super Typhoon HAIYAN in the Philippines as a magnitude 6.2 catastrophe on the FEWW Disaster Scale, indicating large-scale regional destruction with up to 40,000 casualties.
Few houses standing in Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines: Disaster Official
“Almost all houses were destroyed […] Only a few houses are left standing, but with partial damages,” Major Rey Balido, a spokesman for the national disaster agency, told Reuters.
Typhoon HAIYAN was downgraded to a Cat. 4A storm force on the FEWW New Hurricane Scale racing toward Indochina Peninsula, over the warm (29ºC) waters of South China Sea, at a forward speed of about 35 km/hr, as of posting (04:30UTC).
Typhoon HAIYAN -VISIBLE/INFRARED [FIRE-EARTH Enhancement] satellite image – recorded at 03:30UTC on November 9, 2013. Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
Typhoon HAIYAN – IR/Water Vapor Difference [FIRE-EARTH Enhancement] satellite image (recorded at 03:30UTC on November 9, 2013. Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
More details to follow…
UPDATES
- As of 12:00UTC the typhoon-related death toll had climbed to 1,200, but it’s expected to rise sharply.
- Large scale devastation has occurred in the islands of Leyte and Samar, which is consistent with FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models.
- At least 36 provinces, out of a total of 80, have been severely affected.
- FIRE-EARTH Disaster Models estimate the total cost of damage at more than $5billion.
- At least 4.3 million people have been affected including about 350,000 who have lost their homes, according to the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).
- The Super Typhoon pummeled seven of the country’s 17 regions, causing large-scale power outages across much of the disaster areas.
- There are numerous reports of widespread looting across the disaster zone.
- Dozens of towns throughout the disaster zone have declared states of calamity.
- HAIYAN is currently targeting South China, moving close to Vietnam shoreline, according to revised projections suggested by several models. This would be a nightmare scenario for Vietnam because the typhoon could dump 4 to 6 times more rain over the country, and affect a much larger land area, than previously forecast, according to FIRE-EARTH Models.
This post will be updated throughout Saturday.
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Posted by feww on November 8, 2013
Super Typhoon HAIYAN, Probably the Strongest Storm in Modern Era, Strikes the Philippines
FIRE-EARTH Models show storm surges of up to 20 meters high, generated by the Super Typhoon, striking coastal areas in the Bicol Peninsula.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN made landfall over Guiuan (population: 50,000) in Eastern Samar Province at 04:40 local time, and is forecast to remain a Cat 5 storm force as it rakes across the country.
Powerful winds and torrential rains brought by the Super Typhoon could trigger flash flooding and landslides causing large-scale fatalities and catastrophic damage along the typhoon’s path. See also links below for FEWW’s earlier forecasts.
Up to 1.9 million people have been evacuated in hundreds of villages, towns and cities.
In Calabarzon region, which include the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon, disaster officials are monitoring 84 towns prone to landslides and flooding, said a local report.
In Albay province, about 700,000 people living in coastal villages in 14 towns and three cities were evacuated.
Up to a million people have been evacuated in the Bicol Region.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN- Water Vapor [FIRE-EARTH Enhancement] Satellite Image – recorded at 22:30UTC on November 7, 2013.
MTSAT IR1 image: http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/sat_images/satpic.jpg
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (TY 1330; TY31W)
- Time: 18:00UTC – November 7, 2013
- Movement: W (280 degrees) at 40 km/hr
- Position: Near 10.6ºN, 127.0ºE
- Max Sustained Winds: 315 km/hr
- Max Wind Gusts: 380 km/hr
- Source: JTWC
Previous Typhoons Toll
Since 2011, several typhoons including WASHI, BOPHA and KROSA have affected millions of people in the Philippines, flattening coastal towns, killing more than 3,000 people, destroying crops, razing tens of thousands of homes, and causing up to $2billion worth of damage to public infrastructure.
Details of the most destructive typhoons to strike the Philippines can be found on this blog.
More details to follow…
Typhoon List 2013 – Stats for NW Pacific Basin
- The 60 year average (1951-2010) No of Typhoons by 4 November: 23
- No of typhoons so far this year: 30
- Percent Increase: 30.4 [Calculated by FIRE-EARTH blog]
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Posted by feww on November 7, 2013
UPDATED AT 07:00UTC – November 7, 2013
Eric Schmidt you’re a LIAR!
DON’T BLAME GOOGLE’S COMMERCIALLY MOTIVATED CENSORSHIP AND CORPORATE THEFT ON NSA.
Search term “Super Typhoon HAIYAN” does not list FIRE-EARTH on Google (we tried the first 12 pages), even though FEWW was the first source in the world to forecast Super Typhoon status for HAIYAN.
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“Extraterrestrial” Typhoon HAIYAN, the most powerful storm of 2013, continues to intensify
At 5:30UTC on November 7, 2013 Super Typhoon HAIYAN was located about 690km ESE (106 degrees) of Homonhon Island (Eastern Samar, Philippines), moving WNW (285 degrees) at an average speed of about 30 km/hr.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN could cause large-scale destruction along its path, according to FIRE-EARTH Models.
HAIYAN is forecast to dump up to 500mm of rain on some parts of the Philippines.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (TY 1330)
- Time: 05:30UTC – November 7, 2013
- Movement: WNW (285 degrees) at 30 km/hr
- Position: Near 8.9ºN, 132.0ºE
- Location: About 690km ESE (106 degrees) of Homonhon Island (Eastern Samar, Philippines)
- Max Sustained Winds: 290km/hr [increasing to about 300 km/hr —FIRE-EARTH Forecast]
- Max Wind Gusts: 340km/hr [increasing to about 350 km/hr —FIRE-EARTH Forecast]
- Significant Wave Height: 16m [Expected to rise —FIRE-EARTH Forecast]
- Source: FIRE-EARTH and others
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in the Philippines ahead of the Super Typhoon’s arrival. The typhoon, locally named “YOLANDA,” is expected to make landfall as a Cat. 4C storm force in eastern Visayas, Philippines on Friday.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN Special Message.
VISIBLE/INFRARED [FIRE-EARTH Enhancement] satellite image – recorded at 04:30UTC on November 7, 2013. Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
Since 2011, several typhoons including WASHI, BOPHA and KROSA have affected millions of people in the Philippines, flattening coastal towns, killing more than 3,000 people, destroying crops, razing tens of thousands of homes, and causing up to $2billion worth of damage to public infrastructure.
Details of the most destructive typhoons to strike the Philippines can be found on this blog.
More details to follow…
Typhoon List 2013 – Stats for NW Pacific Basin
- The 60 year average (1951-2010) No of Typhoons by 4 November: 23
- No of typhoons so far this year: 30
- Percent Increase: 30.4 [Calculated by FIRE-EARTH blog]
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Posted by feww on November 6, 2013
Super Typhoon HAIYAN moving closer to Palau
At 14:30UTC on November 6, 2013 Super Typhoon HAIYAN was located ENE of Palau (Area: 460 km²; Population: 21,000), moving west (280 degrees) at an average speed of about 33 km/hr.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN. SW/IR [FIRE-EARTH Enhancement] satellite image (recorded at 13:30UTC on November 6, 2013). Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
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Posted by feww on November 6, 2013
Super Typhoon HAIYAN could cause large-scale destruction along its path
HAIYAN became a Super Typhoon at about 04:00UTC on November 6, 2013, according to FIRE-EARTH models, with sustained winds exceeding 250 km/hr, and gusts of up to 310 km/hr.
Our models also show the typhoon further strengthening to an “Extraterrestrial Storm Force,” with sustained winds of about 300 km/hr and wind gusts of up to 350 km/hr over the next 12 hours.
Super Typhoon HAIYAN (TY 1330)
- Time: 04:00UTC – November 6, 2013
- Movement: W (280 degrees) at 30 km/hr
- Position: Near 7.7ºN, 138.5ºE
- Location: About 430km east of Ngerulmud, Palau
- Max Sustained Winds: 250km/hr [increasing to 300 km/hr —FIRE-EARTH Forecast]
- Max Wind Gusts: 315km/hr [increasing to 350 km/hr —FIRE-EARTH Forecast]
- Significant Wave Height: 15m [Expected to rise —FIRE-EARTH Forecast]
- Source: FIRE-EARTH and others
INFRARED/Water Vapor Difference [FIRE-EARTH Enhancement] satellite image (recorded at 03:30UTC on November 6, 2013. Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
Projected Path of Super Typhoon HAIYAN
Projected Path of Super Typhoon HAIYAN. Original image sourced from: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
The typhoon, locally named “YOLANDA,” is expected to make landfall as a Cat. 4C storm force in eastern Visayas, Philippines on Friday.
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