Super-typhoon to hit Philippines on Thursday. http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/western-pacific/2013/Typhoon-Haiyan
Last SuperTyphoon to hit this region, Leyte, centered on Marabut, Samar an hours boat ride away, from our present home,where Cristina & I lived. Dec. 2006. 155 MPH = 250Kmh wind's. Typhoon Durianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Durian. We have a warning from The US Navy, to-day, to expect a SuperTyphoon on Thursday with predicted wind speed of 130 Knots = 149.8 MPH. Here we go again.! SO0o Zero communications for a week or 2. During the last one we were in the Eye of the storm and 1/2 way through there was SILENCE & NO wind for about 5 minutes... Then the wind came again from the opposite direction. This Typhoon is expected to center 1 hours drive North of our home and will ? is expected to affect all of The Philippine Islands. Good luck to all. Tom
The Phils will endure this. I am glad to see in the news that the provinces are now preparing their municipalities for this storm
The wifes family are on western Samar, tyhink its going to get a bit gusty! Here's hoping everyone will be ok
If you click on the link I posted It has live updates. http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/western-pacific/2013/Typhoon-Haiyan
Looks like Tacloban will be in direct line of fire - thank goodness our house over there (just past the San Juanico bridge area) is built of bricks. A worrying time indeed.
Taken from within the above, the below: "The Philippines lie in the most tropical cyclone-prone waters on Earth, and rarely escape a year without experiencing a devastating typhoon. Usually, these storms impact the northern Philippine island of Luzon, but last year, Earth's deadliest weather disaster of 2012 occurred on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, where Super Typhoon Bopha struck as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h), on December 3. Bopha made two additional landfalls in the Philippines, on central Visayas and on Palawan, on December 4. The typhoon left 1901 people dead, mostly on the island of Mindanao, making Bopha the 2nd deadliest typhoon in Philippine history. With damages estimated at $1.7 billion, Bopha was the costliest natural disaster in Philippines history. However, that mark was eclipsed just over four months ago, when torrential rains in the wake of Typhoon Trami inundated the capital of Manila and large areas of Luzon, killing 27 people and causing damages estimated at $2.2 billion by Aon Benfield. "
Lucky Rob, Ours is about 45min in the back waters near Calbiga. Double skinned wood with metal roof. Its solid enough but I'm not expecting good news in a couple of days. God knows how the family are going to get on. I don't think the nipa roofs are going to fair very well! A not very good picture from the top of the small hill behind our house in the province.
By all accounts, not a lot of higher ground in its path to take the sting out of its tail, this time around.
The following Storm Signals are now in effect: [TABLE="class: grid, width: 750, align: center"] [TR] [TD="align: center"]Storm Signal [/TD] [TD="align: center"]Luzon [/TD] [TD="align: center"]Visayas [/TD] [TD="align: center"]Mindanao [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]#4 ( >185 kph winds may be expected in at least 12 hours) [/TD] [TD](none) [/TD] [TD]Eastern Samar Samar Leyte Southern Leyte Biliran island [/TD] [TD](none) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]#3 (Winds of >100 to 185 kph may be expected in at least 18 hours) [/TD] [TD](none) [/TD] [TD]Northern Samar Masbate Northern Cebu Cebu City Bantayan island [/TD] [TD]Siargao Island Dinagat Province [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]#2 (winds of >60 to 100 kph may be expected in at least 24 hours) [/TD] [TD]Romblon Sorsogon Albay Burias island [/TD] [TD]Bohol Negros Occidental Negros Oriental Aklan Capiz Antique Rest of Cebu Iloilo Guimaras [/TD] [TD]Camiguin Surigao Del Norte Surigao Del Sur Agusan Del Norte [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]#1 (30-60 kph winds may be expected in at least 36 hours) [/TD] [TD]Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Catanduanes Mindoro Provinces Marinduque Northern Palawan Calamian Group of Islands Southern Quezon [/TD] [TD]Siquijor [/TD] [TD]Misamis Oriental Agusan del Sur [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Yep.. I got my Aero foil kite ready.. Should be a laugh.. I bought it in Cornwall and they said it was a top brand.. Lets see!
The following Storm Signals are now in effect (1500 UTC / 2300 PST): [TABLE="class: grid, width: 750, align: center"] [TR] [TD="align: center"]Storm Signal [/TD] [TD="align: center"]Luzon [/TD] [TD="align: center"]Visayas [/TD] [TD="align: center"]Mindanao [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]#4 ( >185 kph winds may be expected in at least 12 hours)[/TD] [TD]Masbate [/TD] [TD]Northern Samar Eastern Samar Samar Leyte Southern Leyte Biliran Province extreme Northern Cebu Bantayan Island Capiz Aklan Northern Antique Northern Iloilo [/TD] [TD](none) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]#3 (Winds of >100 to 185 kph may be expected in at least 18 hours)[/TD] [TD]Ticao Island Sorsogon Romblon Calamian Group of Islands [/TD] [TD]Rest of Antique Rest of Iloilo Guimaras Northern Negros Occidental Northern Negros Oriental Bohol Northern Cebu Cebu City Camotes Island [/TD] [TD]Siargao Island Dinagat Province [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]#2 (winds of >60 to 100 kph may be expected in at least 24 hours)[/TD] [TD]Mindoro Provinces Marinduque Albay Extreme Northern Palawan Burias islands [/TD] [TD]Rest of Negros Occidental Rest of Negros Oriental Siquijor Rest of Cebu [/TD] [TD]Camiguin Surigao Del Norte Surigao Del Sur Agusan Del Norte [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]#1 (30-60 kph winds may be expected in at least 36 hours)[/TD] [TD]Metro Manila Bataan Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Catanduanes Southern Quezon Laguna Rizal Cavite Batangas Lubang Island Rest of Northern Palawan Puerto Princesa [/TD] [TD](none) [/TD] [TD]Misamis Oriental Agusan del Sur[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
It is set to go straight through my wife's little island on the North tip of Cebu Island. I hope they will all be ok