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From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Historic 'Super Typhoon' Bopha Smashes Into Philippines
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'Most southerly typhoon ever recorded in the Western Pacific' expected to bring 'life-threatening impacts' Historic and potentially catastrophic Super Typhoon Bopha has made a direct hit on the southern Philippines on Tuesday morning, raising fears the impacts of the storm may be far worse than a much weaker 2011 storm that killed over 1200 people. The powerful storm made landfall at 3:45 PM EST on Monday, 4:45 AM Tuesday local time. The Category 5 Super Typhoon has sustained winds of over 161 mph - gusting to 195 mph - and is the most southerly typhoon ever recorded in the Western Pacific. AccuWeather reports it "is expected to bring life-threatening impacts." Weather Underground co-founder Dr. Jeff Masters writes that the "extremely dangerous" storm "is following a similar track to last year's Tropical Storm Washi, which hit [the southern Philippine island of] Mindanao on December 16, 2011 with 60 mph winds and torrential rains. Washi triggered devastating flooding that killed 1268 people. Washi was merely a tropical storm, and Bopha is likely to hit at Category 4 or 5 strength, making it the strongest typhoon ever recorded in Mindanao." "The potential destruction of this typhoon is no joke," Philippine President Benigno Aquino said in a national TV address on Monday. |
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From: Eve in FL , [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Historic 'Super Typhoon' Bopha Smashes Into Philippines
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that's terrible news...I mean thanks for sharing, got to take good and bad, but geez. ~Eve |
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From: Eve in FL , [DNS_Address]
Subject: U-Turn! Re: Historic 'Super Typhoon' Bopha Smashes Into Philippines
URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57558048/typhoon-bopha-threatens-philippines-again/
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Worse now, after killing so many and so much destruction the typhoon is doing a U turn to hit another part of the region. Info at link. What a decade! ~Eve |
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