Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth in a month to strike the Philippines, pummels the island of Luzon
Typhoon MIRINAE – Update on 31 Oct 2009 – Time: 03:00UTC
- Position: 14.0N 119.5E
- Location: 105 km (55 nm) southwest of Manila, Philippines
- Maximum Sustained Winds: 95 km/h (50 kt)
- Maximum Wind Gusts : 120 km/h (65 kt)
- Movement and speed: Tracking westward [255º] at 28 km/h (15 kt) – gaining speed
- Maximum Significant Wave Height: 4 m (13 feet)
FEWW Comment: Mirinae could strengthen into a typhoon [Probability = 0.35] again, before making its next landfall in Vietnam
Tropical Cyclone Mirinae [SANTI] MTSAT IR1. Still Image. Click image to enlarge and update.
Typhoon Mirinae, now weakened to a tropical storm force, struck the main island of Luzon, Philippines early Saturday morning (17:00 UTC Friday), making landfall in the eastern Quezon province, he Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA )reported.
The powerful typhoon “crashed into the Philippine capital Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm,” AP reported.
Residents living in Manila Bay look out from their house that was damaged by Typhoon Mirinae in Bacoor town, south of Manila, October 31, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro. Image may be subject to copyright.
“The Philippine network said knee-deep floodwaters were reported in the village of Salapan and brownouts were reported in parts of Luzon, including metro Manila. Power was out in Quezon province, where the typhoon made landfall, as well as parts of Bicol, Pasig City and Rizal province,” UPI reported.
Up to 150,000 residents in low-lying areas were evacuated to shelters before the typhoon arrived, the National Disasters Coordinating Council reported. Some 180 flights from Manila were canceled and many ferries were grounded, with more than 10,000 passengers stranded.
Rains caused by Mirinae have worsened the flood-stricken parts of the capital, Manila and surrounding regions caused by earlier storms, which left nearly 1,000 people dead. Up to a quarter of million people remain homeless, including more than 100,000 crammed into temporary shelters run by the disasters relief agency.
“The government disasters relief agency reported that at least 15 villages and districts in Metro Manila are submerged — some in waist-deep floodwaters,” Xinhua reported.
This natural-color image of the storm was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite at 1:00 p.m. local time October 30 (05:00UTC). The eye of the storm was a large mass of roiling clouds located less than a hundred kilometers northeast of Cataduanes Island in the Philippines. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey, NASA Earth Observatory. Edited by FEWW.
Typhoon MIRINAE – Update on 31 Oct 2009 – Time: 03:00UTC
- Position: 14.0N 119.5E
- Location: 105 km (55 nm) southwest of Manila, Philippines
- Maximum Sustained Winds: 95 km/h (50 kt)
- Maximum Wind Gusts : 120 km/h (65 kt)
- Movement and speed: Tracking westward [255º] at 28 km/h (15 kt) – gaining speed
- Maximum Significant Wave Height: 4 m (13 feet)
TC MIRINAE 5-day track forecast. Source: JTWC.
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