New storm coming to PH this week

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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines should brace for a new storm that will enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) later this week.

Tropical Storm Haiyan was located 2,170 kilometers east of Mindanao, or in the vicinity of the Caroline Islands, state weather bureau PAGASA said in its 11 am advisory Tuesday, November 5.

Haiyan is estimated to have maximum sustained winds of 95 km/h and gusts of up to 120 km/h, the bureau said.

The system is currently moving at a speed of 25 km/h, towards the west, or the general direction of the Philippines.

"This weather disturbance is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday morning [November 7]. It will not affect any part of the country within the next 36 hours," the bureau said.

Once it enters the PAR, it will be given the PAGASA codename Yolanda.

It is forecast to make landfall in the Samar-Leyte area by Friday afternoon, PAGASA forecaster Elvie Enriquez told Rappler.

It will then cross the archipelago, most probably through the Visayas, before exiting between Palawan and Mindoro islands by Saturday. The system will then traverse the South China Sea towards Vietnam.

Monitoring Haiyan

Foreign meteorological agencies are also monitoring the system.

Forecast models released by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) both show the typhoon eventually moving towards the west-northwest.

The system is moving towards the general direction of northeastern Mindanao, Visayas, Bicol, and eastern Luzon, weather site Weather Philippines said.

It is currently affecting parts of the Caroline Islands and Micronesia, Weather Philippines said in its latest update.

At present, the JTWC and the US National Weather Service in Guam has designated the system as a typhoon.

Haiyan is still intensifying within the next 24 to 48 hours, and could become a Category 4 typhoon by Wednesday, November 6, NASA said. This is equivalent to a Signal Number 4 typhoon.

As early as Monday, November 4, some areas have started preparing for the incoming typhoon.

The Office of Civil Defense-Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Region V (Bicol) is currently on Blue Alert for Haiyan, declared by the council Monday. All provincial DRRM offices in the region are now preparing for the incoming typhoon.

In Albay, Gov Joey Salceda said "massive evacuations are inevitable starting Thursday afternoon."

The province is now preparing for the typhoon, Salceda said in a post on his official Facebook profile.

Meanwhile, the low pressure area formerly named Wilma was located 160 km northeast of Puerto Princesa City.

PAGASA said it will continue to affect the Palawan area, causing moderate to occasionally heavy rain.

"Small seacraft and fishing vessels are advised not to venture out over the seaboard of Palawan due to the expected big waves generated by this weather system," the bureau's advisory said.

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Super typhoon Haiyan hits Category 5, an extremely serious threat to Philippines



The western Pacific storm Haiyan has intensified without interruption since Sunday and is now a dangerous Category 5 super typhoon, with maximum sustained winds exceeding 160 mph.  It is on a path due west, and landfall Friday in the central Philippines is inevitable.
Haiyan – known as Yolanda in the Philippines – is likely the strongest storm to form on the planet this year.
“Based on satellite imagery, [Haiyan's] the strongest storm I’ve seen since Bopha (2012),” says Ryan Maue, a meteorologist with WeatherBell Analytics.
Super typhoon Bopha, whose peak winds reached 175 mph, caused hundreds of fatalities on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao in December 2012.
Maue says it’s possible Haiyan’s maximum sustained winds have reached 180 mph.
“[The] system has developed to almost max intensity for a cyclone,” notes a NOAA bulletin.
Officially, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecasts additional strengthening over the next day, but with the storm near its theoretical maximum strength – it’s more likely it has leveled off. As it continues westward over the Philippine Sea, its inner core may re-organize through what’s known as an eyewall replacement cycle, which would briefly weaken the storm. But water temperatures are very warm along Haiyan’s path, so significant weakening is unlikely.



At landfall – predicted to occur around 0-6 UTC Friday (Friday morning local time in Manila) – the storm is forecast to have maximum sustained winds around 155 mph – equivalent to a high-end category 4 hurricane.

credit to http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/11/06/super-typhoon-haiyan-hits-category-5-an-extremely-serious-threat-to-philippines/

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Dangerous Yolanda heads for Visayas



MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – The Visayas and parts of Luzon and Mindanao is bracing for the arrival of typhoon Yolanda (international codename Haiyan), a severe weather system which meteorologists here and abroad have tagged as one of the planet's most catastropic super typhoons this year.

Storm warning signals have been raised in the entire Visayas, Bicol, Caraga, and parts of northern Mindanao and south Luzon, as the system maintains it strength while approaching Eastern Visayas, state weather bureau PAGASA said.

As of 10 am Thursday, the system was located 637 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, or 738 km southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, carrying maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 250 km/h.

Storm warning signal number 3 has been raised in the following areas:

Siargao Island and Dinagat Province
Eastern Samar
Samar
Leyte
Southern Leyte
These areas can expect winds of 101-185 km/h within 18 hours. There will be heavy damage to agriculture; moderate to heavy disruption to power and communications; damage to structures made out of light to medium materials; and large trees could be uprooted.

Travel by any means – land, sea, or air – is dangerous.

Storm signal number 2, where winds between 61-100 km/h is expected within the next 24 hours, has been raised over these areas:

Surigao Del Norte
Camiguin
Surigao Del Sur
Agusan Del Norte
Northern Samar
Biliran
Bantayan and Camotes Islands
Northern Cebu including Cebu City
Bohol
Sorsogon
Masbate and Ticao Island
There will be moderate damage to agriculture, particularly to rice and corn; partial damage to structures made of light materials; and sea and air travel will be risky.

Storm signal number 1, meanwhile, has been raised over a wider area:

Misamis Oriental
Agusan del Sur
Aklan
Capiz
Iloilo
Antique
Guimaras
Negros Occidental
Negros Oriental
Rest of Cebu
Siquijor
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Catanduanes
Albay
Oriental Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro
Burias Island
Romblon
Marinduque
Calamian Group of Island
Southern Quezon

These areas should expect winds of 30-60 km/h within the next 36 hours, the bureau warned. There will be some damage to agriculture, and travel via sea in small vessels could be risky.

Heavy to intense rainfall (10.0-30.0 mm/h) is expected within the typhoon's 600 km diameter, the bureau said. NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRRM) said rainfall around the eye is heavy, at around 100 mm/~3.9 inches per hour.

A total of 806 municipalities and cities will receive at least 40 mm of 3-hour accumulated rainfall brought by the typhoon, according to data released by the National Operational Assessment of Hazards.

Residents in areas under all storm signals should be on the lookout for possible flash floods and landslides, while storm surges up to 7 meters is possible in places under signals number 2 and 3.

Landfall in Guiuan, Eastern Samar Friday



It is forecast to move west northwest at a speed of 30 km/h, and is expected to still take a path that will bring it to the Visayas.

Yolanda earlier passed by the Republic of Palau. The island nation experienced tropical storm conditions, with winds between 63-100 km/h, Weather Philippines said.

As of noon Thursday, satellite images showed the typhoon's outer rainbands are already hovering over Eastern Visayas and eastern Mindanao, and as the typhoon moves closer, weather conditions are seen to deteriorate in the area.

The eye of the typhoon is expected to make landfall Friday morning, November 8, in the vicinity of Guiuan, Eastern Samar between 9-10 am.

It will then pass through the Visayas. After hitting Guiuan, it will traverse Leyte, Biliran, the northern tip of Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, Romblon, Semirara island, the southern portion of Mindoro island, and Busuanga.

It is expected to bring very strong winds and heavy rain over the Visayas, northern Mindanao, and southern Luzon, including the areas devastated by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake last October 15.

It will leave Philippine landmass Saturday, and will exit the PAR by Sunday, November 10.

PAGASA will again issue a bulletin at 5 pm Thursday.

'Extremely catastrophic'



Local and foreign meteorologists, as well as weather bureaus abroad, have been closely monitoring this very dangerous weather system, as it threatens a highly-populated region of the Philippines.

Satellite images of the typhoon posted by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as of 10 am Thursday showed Yolanda having a small, defined eye, and the outer rain bands already approaching parts of eastern Mindanao and Visayas.

NASA said the typhoon's eye is small, around 8 nautical miles or approximately 14.8 km in diameter.

Weather Philippines, a Rappler partner, said in its update Wednesday morning that Yolanda has become an "extremely catastrophic super typhoon," and is now "the most powerful of all Super Typhoons for 2013."

The site said it is "similar in track but more powerful in strength of Super Typhoon Mike (PAGASA codename Ruping), which passed across the Visayas on November 12, 1990 and devastated much of Central Visayas, particularly Cebu."

It will start to weaken after it makes landfall, but will still be a strong typhoon as it exits the Visayas area.

"Residents living along the eastern seaboards of the Philippines from Northern Quezon, Bicol Region, down to Northeastern Mindanao should continue monitoring the approach of this destructive typhoon for possible unprecedented track changes," the update said.

'Equivalent to Category 5 storm'



The US military's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has been referring to Haiyan/Yolanda as a "super typhoon," and as of its bulletin issued 2100 UTC (5 am Philippine time) the agency measured winds of 150 knots, or 278 km/h, near the center.

The JTWC also said the typhoon will still intensify, as sea surface temperatures "remain very favorable."

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) puts Haiyan/Yolanda's intensity as "violent," and forecasts the system's barometric pressure to go to as low as 895 hPa within the day.

Haiyan is an "extremely dangerous Category 5 Super Typhoon," and is the fourth storm with such strength this year, according to Jeff Masters, a meteorologist with Weather Underground.

The categorization is based on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, "a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricane or typhoon's sustained wind speed," according to the US National Weather Service. A Category 5 storm is designated for storms with sustained winds of more than 252 km/h, and means "catastrophic damage will occur."

"With warm waters that extend to great depth, low wind shear, and excellent upper-level outflow, Haiyan will likely stay at Category 4 or 5 strength until landfall occurs between 03 - 06 UTC Friday in the central Philippine islands of Samar or Leyte," Masters wrote in his blog Wednesday.

PAGASA does not officially refer to typhoons of such strength as super typhoons, but it occasionally raises public storm warning signal number 4 for systems with winds of more than 185 km/h. – Rappler.com

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Typhoon Yolanda: East Visayas signal no. 4



MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – Nearly the entire Eastern Visayas has been placed under storm warning signal number 4 as super typhoon Yolanda (international codename Haiyan) intensified slightly while barreling toward the region Thursday, November 7.

Yolanda is the world's most powerful typhoon of the year, swirling towards the Philippines and forcing mass evacuations, flight cancellations and school suspensions across the disaster-weary nation.

As of 6 pm Thursday, Yolanda was spotted 453 kilometers southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, carrying maximum sustained winds of 225 km/h near the center and gusts of up to 260 km/h, state weather bureau PAGASA said in a rare 8 pm bulletin Thursday.

The typhoon's outer rainbands are already bringing rain and winds to parts of Bicol, Eastern Visayas and Caraga, according to Weather Philippines' latest update on the system issued 6 pm. (Weather Philippines Foundation is a Rappler partner.)

Storm signal number 4 has been raised by the state weather bureau in these provinces:

Eastern Samar
Samar
Leyte
Southern Leyte
Biliran
Extreme Northern Cebu including Bantayan Island
Capiz
Aklan
Northern Antique
Winds of more than 185 km/h can be expected in these areas within 12 hours. This is also the first time signal number 4 has been raised in an area outside Luzon, since the typhoon signal was created in 1991.

The bureau warned of "very heavy" damage to affected communities, which will include major power and communications disruptions; severe agricultural losses; and major infrastructure damage.

PAGASA said the "situation is potentially very destructive to communities," and advised all types of outdoor activities be cancelled.

"Evacuation to much safer shelters should have been completed earlier, since it may be too late under" a Signal Number 4 situation, the bureau warned.

Storm signal number 3, meanwhile, is in effect over the following areas:

Siargao Island
Dinagat Province
Rest of Antique
Iloilo
Guimaras
Northern Negros Occidental
Northern Negros Oriental
Northern Cebu including Cebu City
Northern Samar
Bohol
Masbate
Ticao Island
Sorsogon
Romblon
Calamian Group of Islands
These areas can expect winds of 101-185 km/h within 18 hours. There will be heavy damage to agriculture; moderate to heavy disruption to power and communications; damage to structures made out of light to medium materials; and large trees could be uprooted.

Travel by any means – land, sea, or air – is dangerous.

Northern Samar is the only province in Region VIII to have a storm signal lower than 4.



Storm signal number 2, where winds between 61-100 km/h is expected within the next 24 hours, has been raised over these areas:

Occidental Mindoro
Oriental Mindoro
Marinduque
Albay
Extreme Northern Palawan
Burias Is.
Rest of Negros Occidental
Rest of Negros Oriental
Siquijor
Rest of Cebu
Camiguin
Surigao Del Norte
Surigao Del Sur
Agusan del Norte
There will be moderate damage to agriculture, particularly to rice and corn; partial damage to structures made of light materials; and sea and air travel will be risky.

Storm signal number 1, meanwhile, has been raised over these areas:

Metro Manila
Bataan
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Catanduanes
Southern Quezon
Laguna
Rizal
Cavite
Batangas
Lubang Island
Rest of Northern Palawan including Puerto Princesa
Misamis Oriental
Agusan del Sur
Landfall is expected to occur in the vicinity of Guiuan, Eastern Samar or Abuyog, Leyte at around 8 am Friday, November 8, the bureau said in its 5 pm press conference.

After making landfall, the typhoon is expected to traverse Leyte, Biliran, the northern tip of Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, Romblon, Semirara island, the southern area of Mindoro island, and then Busuanga.

It is moving west northwest at a speed of 39 km/h, and is expected to be 55 km east of Coron, Palawan by Friday evening. It will be 1,032 km west of Manila, or outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Saturday evening, November 9.



Expect heavy to intense rainfall (10.0-30.0 mm/h) within the typhoon's 600 km diameter, the bureau said.

The bureau implored people to postpone any type of travel in the areas to be affected, particularly sea travel.

Residents in areas under all storm signals should be on the lookout for possible flash floods and landslides, while storm surges up to 7 meters is possible in places under signals number 2 and 3.

The next bulletin will be released at 11 pm Thursday.

World's strongest this year

The system had maximum sustained winds on Thursday afternoon of 278 km/h, and gusts of 333 km/h, according to the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Centre.

This made it the world's strongest typhoon this year, according to David Michael Padua, a meteorologist with the Weather Philippines.

Areas where Yolanda will pass have been preparing for the storm, with mandatory evacuations conducted by many local governments.

President Benigno Aquino III called on his countrymen to make all possible preparations for the typhoon.

"To our local officials, your constituents are facing a serious peril. Let us do all we can while (Yolanda) has not yet hit land," Aquino said in a nationally televised address.

"We can minimize the effects of this typhoon if we help each other. Let us remain calm, especially in buying our primary needs, and in moving to safer places."

Quake zone in crosshairs

State weather forecaster Glaize Escullar said Yolanda is expected to hit areas still recovering from a devastating storm in 2011 and from a 7.2-magnitude quake last month.

They include the central island of Bohol, the epicenter of the earthquake that killed 222 people, where at least 5,000 survivors are still living in tents while waiting for new homes.

"The provincial governor has ordered local disaster officials to ensure that pre-emptive evacuations are done, both for those living in tents as well as those in flood-prone areas," Bohol provincial administrator Alfonso Damalerio told Agence France-Presse.

Other vulnerable areas are the port cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan on the southern island of Mindanao, where flash floods induced by Tropical Storm Sendong (Washi) killed more than 1,000 people in December 2011.

Authorities said evacuations were taking place in many other towns and villages in Yolanda's path, while schools were closed, ferry services suspended and fishermen ordered to secure their vessels.

Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and other carriers announced the suspension of hundreds of flights, mostly domestic but also some international.

The Philippines is battered by an average of 20 major storms or typhoons each year, many of them deadly, but scientists have said climate change may be increasing their ferocity and frequency.

The Philippines endured the world's strongest storm of 2012, when Typhoon Bopha left about 2,000 people dead or missing on Mindanao island in December. – With reports from Agence France-Presse/Rappler.com

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Yolanda goes 'island hopping,' makes 5 landfalls

MANILA, Philippines — He has lost sleep but certainly not his humor. To illustrate the extent of super typhoon Yolanda, state weather bureau PAGASA officer in charge Vicente Malano referred to its movement as "island hopping."

"Yolanda made 5 landfalls," Malano said in a briefing Friday afternoon, November 8. "It is island hopping," he added.

Triggering giant waves and monster winds, Yolanda is considered by weather experts as perhaps one of the world's most powerful typhoons in the past century.

An average of 20 typhoons visit the Philippines every year. But they usually hit landmass, make one landfall and then slow down as it moves away. It is considered a landfall if the eyewall of the typhoon hits land. It is at the eyewall that the winds are strongest.

In the case of Yolanda, the super typhoon hit the island provinces of the Visayas, gathering more "energy" as it hit waters in between, Malano said.

The first landfall happened in Guiuan town of Easter Samar at 4:40 am Friday. The second occurred in Tolosa town of Leyte at 7 am, while the third landfall was in Daang Bantayan in Cebu at 10 am. Yolanda made its fourth landfall in Bantayan Island also in Cebu at 10:40 am and the fifth in Concepcion town in Iloilo at 12 noon.

Yolanda will also pass through Boracay island of Aklan, Semirara of Antique, and San Jose of Mindoro before its projected exit in Busuanga, Palawan on Saturday morning, November 9.

A possible 6th landfall may happen in Calamian Group of Islands located at the northern tip of Palawan if the track doesn't change, according to PAGASA forecaster Rene Paciente.

Yolanda is expected to exit the country's landmass around 10 pm Friday towards the West Philippine Sea. It will exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility 10 am Saturday.

Malano recalled a similar typhoon that hit the Philippines in 1990. Typhoon Ruping, which also hit Leyte and Samar, killed 508 people and injured over a thousand.

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council executive director Eduardo Del Rosario said Filipinos are a lot more prepared now than in the '90s in terms of mitigating disaster. — Rappler.com

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