NEWS An incoming typhoon may make landfall in the region devastated by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) only a year ago, the weather bureau warned on Tuesday. In a news conference, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) projected that the typhoon would make landfall in Eastern Visayas on Sunday. By that time, the typhoon (international name: “Hagupit,” Filipino for lash) would have further intensified with sustained winds of up to 175 kilometers per hour, dumping intense rains and whipping up waves into a four- meter storm surge. The cyclone will be named Typhoon “Ruby” once it enters Philippine territory. A typhoon with sustained winds above 220 kph is considered a supertyphoon. But winds howling at 175 kph are capable of blowing away roofs, destroying houses and structures made of light materials and toppling trees, electric posts and even cell site steel towers, said Rene Paciente, senior weather forecaster for the Pagasa. Storm surge warnings MaharLagmay, director of Project Noah (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards), said that with a clearer forecast by Friday, or 48 hours before the estimated landfall, Noah would issue storm surge warnings showing not only the height of the waves but how far inland the flooding would reach. Lagmay said Noah was able to forecast the height of the storm surge two days before Yolanda made landfall. But he said Noah lacked then the updated maps of coastal communities in the Visayas that it needed to simulate the extent of flooding from the storm surge. 600-km radius With a 600-km radius, the typhoon would cover southern Luzon, the Visayas and northern Mindanao, according to Pagasa. The weather bureau gave the warning two days before the cyclone entered the Philippine area of responsibility.
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NEWSAn incoming typhoon may make landfall in the region devastated by Supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) only a year ago the !eather bureau !arned on "uesday#$n a ne!s conference the %hilippine Atmospheric &eophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (%agasa) pro'ected that the typhoon !ould make landfall in (astern )isayas on Sunday#*y that time the typhoon (international name: Hagupit +ilipino for lash) !ould have further intensi,ed !ith sustained !inds of up to -./ kilometers per hour dumping intense rains and !hipping up !aves into a four0meter storm surge#"he cyclone !ill be named "yphoon 1uby once it enters %hilippine territory#A typhoon !ith sustained !inds above 223 kph is considered a supertyphoon#*ut !inds ho!ling at -./ kph are capable of blo!ing a!ay roofs destroying houses and structures made of light materials and toppling trees electric posts and even cell site steel to!ers said 1ene %aciente senior !eather forecaster for the %agasa# Storm surge warnings4ahar5agmay director of %ro'ect 6oah (6ation!ide 7perational Assessment of Ha8ards) said that !ith a clearer forecast by +riday or 9: hours before the estimated landfall 6oah !ould issue storm surge !arnings sho!ing not only the height of the !aves but ho! far inland the ;ooding !ould reach#5agmay said 6oah !as able to forecast the height of the storm surge t!o days beforeYolanda made landfall#*ut he said 6oah lacked then the updated maps of coastal communities in the )isayas that it needed to simulate the e330km radius the typhoon !ould cover southern 5u8on the )isayas and northern 4indanao according to %agasa#"he !eather bureau gave the !arning t!o days before the cyclone entered the %hilippine area of responsibility# Landfall in E. VisayasAssistant !eather services chief 1ene %aciente said the typhoon?s e@ects !ould start to be felt on +riday by !hich time %agasa !ould have a better forecast of its strength and track#%agasa said it !as possible that (astern )isayas the region most devastated in 6ovember last year by the strongest recorded typhoon in history to make landfall !ould again bear the brunt of the typhoon?s strength#A possible scenario is that it !ill make landfall in (astern )isayas on Sunday %aciente said adding there !as also the possibility the typhoon may veer north!ard to!ard Aapan and not hit a landmass#He said there !as also the possibility it may make landfall in *icol or in northeastern 4indanao#COA reortBurrently about 2333 km a!ay from 4indanao the storm continued to intensify !ith !inds up to C3 kph as it barreled over the %aci,c 7cean at D/ kph# $t !as moving !est north!est to!ard the %hilippines#As of this time there is no possibility yet it !ill become a supertyphoon said %agasadeputy administrator 5andricoEalida Ar#5agmay described as outdated !rong misleading ne!s reports about the Bommission on Audit (B7A) 23-D ,nding that %agasa !as ill0eFuipped for forecasting ma'or typhoons#He said %agasa had addressed the suggestions raised by B7A# !nundation mas4any things have already happened in a year# =e no! have the storm0surge inundation maps# $t?s !rong to say that !e don?t have early !arning on storm surge# $f %agasa is ill0eFuipped ho! could !e have predicted the storm surge t!o days ahead of Haiyan (Yolanda) he said#5agmay said the B7A report made very good suggestions but the ne!s reports made the !rong interpretation#He said the storm0surge ha8ard maps !ould be disseminated to !arn the public and authorities through the %ro'ect 6oah !ebsite beta#noah#dost#gov#ph#"he maps !ould sho! the storm0surge a@ected areas and the safe areas for evacuation#+or 23 years (lena +eli< has been e !as diagnosed !ith the A$ES0causing human immunode,ciency virus (H$)) in -CC9 !hen she came back to the %hilippinesto rene! her !ork visa# As the virus has been suppressed !ith drugs +eli< has not developed full0blo!n A$ES#$ !as once called G*agong*ayani? because $ !as bringing in dollars she said in +ilipino#*ut !hen she came back !ith H$) people told her 6akakadiri bagay sa?yo yan kasi4akati ka (Eisgusting you deserve that because you?re promiscuous) added +eli< a member of *abae %lus a support group for !omen !ith H$)#$nspired by %ope +rancis? mercy and compassion for outcasts such as the lesbian gay bise
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