Typhoon Pepeng A Climate Change Effect

Typhoon Ondoy leaves Philippines but, Pepeng enters on the scene. Some resources said, Pepeng seems to be much stronger than Ondoy.

Here are some news and information about Typhoon Pepeng.

'Pepeng' seen to hit northern Luzon

Three provinces in Bicol region were placed under Storm Signal No. 1, two days ahead of the predicted landfall of typhoon "Pepeng" (international codename Parma) in northern Luzon.

As of 5 a.m. Thursday, the typhoon was located 650 kilometers east of Borongan, Eastern Samar. It has gained more strength since it entered Philippine territory, packing maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour and gust of up to 185 kph.

It was moving west northwest at 24 kph, and was predicted by weather bureau PAGASA to make landfall on Saturday afternoon in Aurora town, Isabela province.

PAGASA has hoisted Storm Signal No. 1 over Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur and Catanduanes, which have been placed by Malacañang under a state of calamity due to tropical storm Ondoy (international codename Ketsana).

PAGASA said "Pepeng," which it said may develop into a super typhoon, will move closer to Catanduanes by Friday morning and Saturday morning.

After making landfall in Isabela, the typhoon was forecast to cross Northern Luzon and hit the provinces of Kalinga, Abra and Mountain Provinces before exiting through Tuguegarao City.

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Signal No. 1 raised in Bicol as 'Pepeng’ gains strength

Three Bicol provinces were placed under Storm Signal No. 1 as the weather disturbance "Pepeng" (international name: Parma) threatened to develop into a super typhoon and continued to move towards Northern Luzon on Thursday.

The typhoon is expected to bring strong winds to the eastern seaboards of Visayas and Mindanao but is not likely to bring much monsoon rains, forecaster Mario Palafox of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

He added that Pepeng could make landfall on Saturday.

"Malapit sa 180 kph ang minimum na lakas ng hangin ng isang super typhoon. Ang Pepeng ay nasa 150 kph na. So, 30 kph na lang, pwede na i-consider na super typhoon (Its winds are now 150 kph, near 180 kph, which is the minimum wind speed for it to be considered a super typhoon)," Palafox said in an interview on dzBB radio early Thursday.

The provinces of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes were placed under Storm Signal No. 1 as the typhoon drew closer to the country. As of 4 a.m. Pepeng was spotted 650 km east of Borongan town in Eastern Samar, Pagasa said in its 5 a.m. advisory.

Meanwhile, the Coast Guard reported that 139 passengers were left stranded in the capital city of Albay province on Thursday morning due to the rains triggered by the onset of typhoon “Pepeng." They were stranded in various ports and transportation terminals in three barangays (villages) in Legazpi City, the report said.

Palafox said a tropical depression (international codename "Melor") which is following Pepeng is still outside Philippine territory and is unlikely to enhance the typhoon.

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Typhoon Ondoy A Climate Change Effect

Typhoon Ondoy is just one of many effects of natural climate change. Typhoon Ondoy's wrath is devastating. Killing so many people and ruining houses, businesses and life.

Residents wait for rescuers at a building during flooding caused by Typhoon Ketsana in Cainta Rizal, east of Manila September 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Erik de Castro) Photo: Boston.com

Here is a news story about how, Typhoon Ondoy and Climate Change should be acted upon.

'Ondoy damage shows need to act on climate change'

Storm becomes a focus of U.N. climate talks

BANGKOK - The Philippines urged rich nations at U.N. climate talks on Wednesday to toughen emissions cuts, saying the typhoon that hit the country this week was a taste of future effects of climate change on poor nations.

Typhoon Ketsana (RP local name: Ondoy) killed 246 people and triggered widespread flooding in the capital Manila.

The storm, which has also killed 32 in Vietnam, dumped a month's worth of rain in 24 hours in Manila, overwhelming rescue services.

Residents have been scathing in their criticism of the government's disaster response in the crowded city of 15 million where sewers are notoriously blocked by rubbish.

The storm has become a focus of marathon climate talks in Bangkok this week, with developing nations and green groups saying it is an example of the type of climate disaster poor nations could face in a warmer world.

"Ketsana is clearly a manifestation of the consequences of global inaction in addressing the immediate impacts of creeping climate change," chief Philippine climate negotiator Heherson Alvarez told reporters.

He said rich nations must act urgently "to moderate these storms and spare the whole world from the impoverishing and devasting impacts of climate change".

Delegates from about 180 countries are meeting in the Thai capital trying to narrow differences on emissions reduction targets, climate finance and transfer of clean-energy technology before a December deadline to seal a tougher pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

"Unless we have deep and early cuts -- we have asked for cuts of 30 to 40 percent -- it will continue to deliver these destructive typhoons," he said.

The U.N. climate panel says rich nations need to cut their emissions by 25-40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 to help limit the rise in planet-warming carbon dioxide levels. Pledges by most rich nations to date fall below that recommendation.

"Terrible warning"

Developing countries are demanding rich nations pay for steps to help them adapt to predicted rising seas, increases in the intensity of storms, greater extremes of floods and droughts and changing river flows from melting glaciers.

They say rich nations are responsible for the bulk of mankind's greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere over the past two centuries and largely to blame for climate change impacts to date.

"What happened in the Philippines is a terrible warning of what we might be experiencing in the future if action is not taken immediately," said Kim Carstensen, head of conservation group WWF's global climate initiative.

"The tragic events in the Philippines are a reminder for all negotiators here in Bangkok," he added.

Alvarez said the government was caught off-guard.

"It was an unusual event because the velocity of the storm was fairly mild compared to the aggressive storms that we have been experiencing."

About 20 typhoons hit the Philippines annually and Alvarez said wind speeds have increased over the past 30 years.

"It's been ranging initially about 30 years ago, 100 kilometre-per-hour storms. It's been growing in aggressiveness from 100 to 150 and of late, the storms have been close to 200 kilometre per hour."

Despite the relatively mild velocity of Ketsana it carried heavy rains. Experts say more intense rains are an expected effect of global warming.

by David Fogarty and Thin Lei Win, Reuters via abs-cbnnews.com

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