Haiyan Typhoon The storm‚ described by some as "tropical cyclone perfection" and "off the charts‚" packed sustained winds of 195 miles (315 kilometers per hour)‚ with gusts as strong as 235 miles (380 kilometers per hour). Causes The West Pacific has long been one of the most storm-struck spots on earth. On average‚ the Philippines suffers from eight or nine severe ones a year. But 2013 has seen record activity‚ with seven typhoons developing in the region in October alone. However‚ the
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Hanging Habagat A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months. It is wind blowing part of the year from one direction‚ alternating with a wind from the opposite direction. The word monsoon is derived from the Arabic word mausim‚ which means “season” and refers to a wind system that reverse direction between winter and summer. One of its kind is Hanging Habagat or Southwest Monsoon. It is a violent wind brought by typhoons of the tropics and comes from
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Clean water - There is still a pressing need for clean water. Purification tablets are in high demand‚ and therefore supplies limited. There is increasing difficulty in sourcing the tablets locally. Housing - The Compassionate Resources Warehouse/NCM Canada offer of shelter boxes is pending the outcome of follow-up by CDO NDR team leader‚ Leah Mae Open‚ with city officials. Other agencies are already providing tents/temporary shelter. The housing need continues to be reported in news updates.
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Eurofighter Typhoon vs Gripen The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine canard-delta wing multirole aircraft. It is being designed and built by a consortium of three companies: Alenia Aeronautica‚ BAE Systems‚ and EADS . DEVELOPMENT 1971 - UK requirement for a new fighter - resulted in a conventional "tailed" design known as P.96; 1979 - West German requirement for a new fighter - had led to the development of the TKF-90 concept; 1979 British Aerospace and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm presented
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Name: Jo-ann Abantao Year and Course: BSHRM-1A ‘TYPHOON PABLO’ The world we live in today is always changing‚ whether it be technology or the land. As these changes take place‚ society must adapt to them. Many things begin to change as a result of this and society beings to turn into something completely different. One of the most overlooked changes that takes place is that of the environment and landscape. The landscape is one of the most important parts of our society’s culture
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-- At least 43 villagers and soldiers drowned in a southern Philippine town Tuesday when torrents of water dumped by a powerful typhoon cascaded down a mountain‚ engulfing emergency shelters and an army truck‚ officials said. The deaths raised the toll from one of the strongest storms to hit the country this year to at least 74. Gov. Arturo Uy said rain from Typhoon Bopha accumulated atop a mountain and then burst down on Andap village in New Bataan town in hard-hit Compostela Valley province
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Typhoon Sendong in Iligan Sendong‚ the worst typhoon to happen in the city of Iligan‚ is well-known in the country for its cause of destruction in Iligan. The flood cost many people to die‚ destroy structures and properties. With its effect‚ the city government of Iligan faces a new impediment of its society. When the typhoon hits Iligan‚ hundreds of lives were slayed in no exemption. It killed men‚ women‚ children and even a whole family was vanished. Students together with their dreams for
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brought by typhoons which leaves vast destructions not only in properties but also loss of thousands of lives. Our country‚ the Philippines has been blessed with natural resources where other countries don’t have. Time by time‚ Filipinos have learned to utilize these resources for human necessities and for economic development. Some of these resources are converted to farms‚ subdivision and other infrastructure‚ mainly our forest. If you will notice from the news‚ whenever a typhoon visits the
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Emergency Employment for Sendong Survivors Launched in Cagayan de Oro An emergency employment‚ livelihood recovery and reconstruction project for Tropical Storm Sendong survivors in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan has been launched on Monday‚ May 21 in Barangay Balulang‚ this city. The project‚ dubbed the Community-Based Emergency Employment and Reconstruction Project (CBEERP)‚ was a collaborative undertaking of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)‚ International Labor Organization
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Typhoon effects on the Center in Hong Kong Abstract: This paper presents selected results of wind characteristics and structural responses measured from the Center (350 m high‚ 79 floors) in Hong Kong‚ during the passages of three typhoons. The field data such as wind speed‚ wind direction and acceleration responses‚ etc.‚ were continuously measured from the super-tall buildings during the typhoons. The simultaneously measured wind-induced acceleration was adopted to evaluate the dynamic characteristic
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