Typhoon Megi killed at least 26 people in Philippines , leaves 200,000 homeless, set to make landfall on Saturday east of Hong Kong

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Typhoon Juan (International Name: Megi) continues to intensify, increasing its threat to Northern Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported on its weather bulletin issued at 5:00 pm today.

Typhoon Juan is now located 390 kilometer east of Aparri, Cagayan with a maximum winds of 225 kilometer per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 260 kilometer per hour.

Signal number 4 is now raised in Cagayan and Isabela; signal number 3 in Batanes, Calayan, Babuyan Group of Islands, Apayao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Quirino and Northern Aurora; signal number 2 in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya and rest of Aurora; while signal number 1 was raised in Pangasinan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija and Polillo Island.

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Re: Philippines: Typhoon Juan continues to intensify, increases threats to Northern Luzon

Potentially catastrophic Super Typhoon Megi approaching the Philippines


Updated: 5:24 PM GMT on October 17, 2010
Jeff Masters

The world's strongest tropical cyclone of 2010 is Super Typhoon Megi, which intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 5 super typhoon with 180 mph winds this morning. We are fortunate to have a hurricane hunter aircraft in Megi, as part of the Interaction of Typhoon and Ocean Project (ITOP), which is studying how the ocean responds to typhoon growth and movement in the Western Pacific Ocean. As part of ITOP, a C-130 hurricane hunter aircraft was in Megi this morning, and measured some truly remarkable winds and pressures. At 8:09am EDT (12:09 UTC), the aircraft measured winds at flight level (8,000 feet) of 220 mph. The SFMR surface wind measurement instrument recorded surface winds of 186 mph in regions where heavy rain was not contaminating the measurement, but found surface winds of 199 mph in one region of heavy rain...

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Re: Philippines: Typhoon Juan continues to intensify, increases threats to Northern Luzon

'Juan' Now a Super Typhoon

By ELLALYN B. DE VERA
October 17, 2010, 4:46pm

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• Signal No. 4 up in Cagayan, Isabela
• Classes suspended in N. Luzon
• Evacuation begins
• Power grid, rescuers ready

MANILA, Philippines ? Northern Luzon where it is expectedTyphoon ?Juan? (international name: Megi) intensified into a ?super typhoon? as it roared closer to to make landfall this morning, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Sunday.

Storm Signal No. 4 (winds above 185 kilometers per hour) had already been hoisted in Cagayan and Isabela provinces at 4 p.m. Sunday, said PAGASA Weather Forecasting Section Chief Robert Sawi as ?Juan? packed maximum sustained winds of up to 225 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 260 kph.

Technically, PAGASA does not have a ?super typhoon? category, but Sawi explained that the United States-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center declares a cyclone as a super typhoon when its winds exceed 215 kph near the center.

As of 5 p.m. Sunday, the eye of the typhoon was located at 390 kilometers (km) east of Aparri, Cagayan and moving westward at 22 kilometers per hour (kph).

?There is a 90 percent chance of landfall over the Cagayan area, then it will cross Apayao, and exit Ilocos Norte,? said PAGASA weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio.

PAGASA projected that the super typhoon would make landfall in Aparri, Cagayan, at 8 a.m. Monday and dump an estimated rainfall of 22 mm/hr.
Sawi said Juan which will be at 100 km east of Aparri or 50 km southeast of Laoag City this afternoon, can possibly exit the country also Monday.

Areas placed Sunday under Signal No. 3 (winds of 101-185 kph is expected in at least 18 hours) were Batanes, Calayan and Babuyan Groups of Islands, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Quirino and Northern Aurora.

Signal No. 2 (winds of 61-100 kph is expected in at least 24 hours) was hoisted over Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, and the rest of Aurora.

Signal No. 1 (winds of 30-60 kph is expected within the next 36 hours) was raised in Pangasinan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, and Polillo Island.
Classes have already been suspended in Regions 1, 2 and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

PRE-EMPTIVE EVACUATION BEGINS IN CAGAYAN

As this developed, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council or NDRRMC (formerly the National Disaster Coordinating Council) ordered the pre-emptive evacuation of families living in high-risk areas as early as Sunday.

In Tuguegarao City, all families in coastal areas who are expected to be directly affected by the projected landfall the typhoon this morning have begun evacuations.

In a phone interview, Cagayan?s Social Welfare and Development Officer Edna Junio said as of press time that the different rescue groups are busy helping the local residents in going to the designated preemptive evacuation centers in the province.

?These residents are living along the river banks and coastal areas in Buguey, Gonzaga, Sta. Ana, Ballesteros up to Aparri towns in our province,? Junio said.

Meanwhile, Executive Director Benito Ramos of the NDRRMC, said that aside from Cagayan province, many families are also tend to evacuate in the province of Nueva Ecija especially those living near the Casili River, San Mariano River, and Chico River.

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http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/282700/headline

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Re: Philippines: Typhoon Juan (international name: Megi) continues to intensify, increases threats to Northern Luzon

Typhoon "JUAN"

PAGASA Track as of 2 a.m., 18 October 2010



Strength: Maximum winds of 225 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 260 kph

Movement: West Southwest at 19 kph

Forecast Positions/Outlook:
Tuesday morning: 100 km Northwest of Baguio City
Wednesday morning: 560 km West Northwest of Baguio City.

Residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under Public Storm Warning Signals are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.

Residents in coastal areas under signals # 4, # 3 and # 2 are alerted of possible storm surges.

The public and the disaster coordinating councils concerned are advised to take appropriate actions, monitor the hourly updates and watch for the next bulletin to be issued at 11 AM today.

http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tc_up.html

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Re: Philippines: Typhoon Juan (international name: Megi) continues to intensify, increases threats to Northern Luzon

Alert level: red for Philippines

Red alert for Tropical Cyclone MEGI-10 for Philippines

This tropical cyclone can have a high humanitarian impact based on the storm strength and the affected population in the past and forecasted path. In particular Philippines are affected by high winds up to 286km/h (79 m/s or 177mph).

Current storm status

Analysis based on advisory number 20 for MEGI-10, published on 10/17/2010 18:00 UTC<!--Current alert level: red (alert messages sent on 10/14/2010 11:45:43 PM)-->

The storm is: active
Current country: Philippines
Current position: 124.2, 17.6
Alert level at current position: red
Basin: NWPacific
Current strength: Cyclone with Saffir Simpson category 5
Current maximum sustained wind speed: 79 m/s, 154 kt

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http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=TC&ID=20436&system=asgard&alertlevel=Red&glide_no=&location=PHL&country=Philippines&new=true

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Re: Philippines: Typhoon Juan (international name: Megi) continues to intensify, increases threats to Northern Luzon

Supertyphoon Megi weakens, may exit the Philippines Monday night


MANILA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Supertyphoon Megi has weakened and is expected to exit the Philippines Monday night, the state weather forecasting agency said.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that as of 5:00 p.m., local time, Megi has weakened after crossing the Sierra Madre mountain range in northern Philippines. The eye of the storm is at 60 kilometers southwest of Tuguegarao city, with maximum winds of 180 kilometers per hour. Magi is expected to exit along the western coast of the La Union and Ilocos Sur provinces by Monday,11:00 p.m. or Tuesday, 1:00 a.m.

Pagasa has placed the provinces of Cagayan Isabel...

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Super typhoon lashes Philippines, kills at least 3

By BULLIT MARQUEZ
AP

CAUAYAN, Philippines -The strongest cyclone in years to crash into the Philippines killed at least three people Monday, leaving a wasteland of fallen trees and power poles and sending thousands scampering to safety in near-zero visibility. A retired general said bracing for the onslaught was like preparing for war.

Super Typhoon Megi, blowing across the northern Philippines, was forecast next to head toward China and Vietnam, where recent floods unrelated the storm have caused 30 deaths.

On Monday, strong currents on Vietnam's flooded main highway swept away a bus and 20 of its passengers, including a boy pulled from his mother's grasp. In China, authorities evacuated 140,000 people from a coastal province ahead of the typhoon.

Megi packed sustained winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 162 mph (260 kph) as it made landfall midday Monday at Palanan Bay in Isabela province, felling trees and utility poles and cutting off power, phone and Internet services. Its ferocious wind slightly weakened while crossing the mountains of the Philippines' main northern island of Luzon.

With more than 4,150 Filipinos riding out the typhoon in sturdy school buildings, town halls, churches and relatives' homes, roads in and out of coastal Isabela province, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) northeast of Manila, were deserted and blocked by collapsed trees, power lines and debris.

One man who had just rescued his water buffalo slipped and fell into a river and drowned in Cagayan province, near Isabela. A woman was pinned to death when a tamarind tree crushed her house and injured her child in Kalinga province, and a security guard died after being struck by a pine tree in nearby Baguio city, officials said.

At least six were injured in the region by falling trees, collapsed roof and shattered glass, officials said.

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Super typhoon Megi hits Philippines (01:36) Report

By Manny Mogato

MANILA | Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:48am EDT


MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines declared a state of calamity in a northern province after super typhoon Megi hit on Monday, cutting off power and communications, forcing flight cancellations and putting the region's rice crop at risk.

Megi, the 10th and strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, hit Isabela province at 11:25 a.m. (0325 GMT) and by early evening was heading west-southwest across the north of the main island of Luzon with winds of 110 mph near the center, forecasters said.

Tropical Storm Risk (www.tropicalstormrisk.com) said Megi, known locally as Juan, was a category 5 super typhoon, the highest rating, with winds of more than 250 kph (155 mph) when it hit mountains in northeast Luzon at 11:25 a.m. (0325 GMT)

"The governor of Isabela declared a state of calamity, so there could be massive damage and destruction there," Benito Ramos, executive director of the national disaster agency, told reporters.

"Power has been cut and crops about to be harvested could have been destroyed. We have no actual report because we're waiting for the weather to clear up to make an assessment."

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69H0EI20101018

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Typhoon Megi death toll hits ten in Philippines

19 October 2010 - 04H06

Typhoon Megi death toll hits ten in Philippines



An overview of houses engulfed by heavy rains in Baguio City, Benguet, north of Manila. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council said a man and a woman were crushed by fallen trees separately in the northern Philippines.



AFP - Philippine authorities said Tuesday the death toll from Typhoon Megi that smashed the north of the country had risen to 10.
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The head of the Philippine Red Cross, Gwen Pang, said it was too early to know the extent of the damage.

"We are hoping that the casualties remain low," Pang told AFP. "We can't say it will not go up, but people were more prepared this time."

"What we are expecting is more reports of heavy damage. There are still many areas without power and communications, while some roads are cut off by landslides."

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Typhoon Megi death toll hits ten in Philippines

Typhoon Megi clears Philippines, heads to China

MANILA | Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:12pm EDT

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After clearing the Philippines, Megi is expected to regain some strength over the South China Sea. Tropical Storm Risk's (www.tropicalstormrisk.com) projections show the storm is expected to turn away from Vietnam toward China, with the center passing between Hainan island and Hong Kong.

China's National Meteorological Center said on Monday Megi may be the worst to hit the country this year, and urged local governments to make full preparations for extreme weather.

Some 140,000 people have been evacuated from 15 cities on Hainan island since heavy rains reached the province on Friday, the official Xinhua News...

Agency reported on Monday.
(Reporting by John Mair; Editing by Miral Fahmy)

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69I0DB20101019

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Typhoon Megi death toll hits ten in Philippines - China issues national early disaster warning

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BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's disaster relief authorities on Monday issued a national early disaster warning to gear up for super typhoon Megi, which is expected to batter China's southern coastal areas.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Disaster Relief Commission, which agreed to activate the response, issued urgent notices to the civil affairs departments in the regions along the southern coast -- Hainan,
Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian -- to prepare for relief operations.

Possibly the strongest typhoon to hit China this year, Megi, which means "catfish" in Korean, is expected to reach the eastern South China Sea around Tuesday midnight...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-10/18/c_13563402.htm

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Super typhoon Megi
19 Oct 2010 13:47:00 GMT
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Track and windspeed of Super typhoon Megi

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<!-- AN5.0: inline article box end -->Super typhoon Megi is forecast to strike China as a typhoon at about 12:00 GMT on 22 October. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall will be near 22.0 N, 115.4 E. Megi is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 212 km/h (132 mph). Wind gusts in the area may be considerably higher.

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</TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Updated: 1:38 PM GMT on October 19, 2010
Jeff Masters

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The power is still out and communications are down over the majority of the northern portion of the Philippines' Luzon Island blasted by Typhoon Megi yesterday, so the extent of the destruction wrought by the great storm is still largely unknown...

... Wind shear is a low 5 - 10 knots over Megi, and the waters of the South China sea have a very high total heat content to great depth, so Megi should be able to intensify into a very dangerous Category 4 storm by Thursday. The larger size of Megi means that it will be able to deliver a significant storm surge in excess of ten feet to the coast of China of Friday or Saturday, when the storm is expected to make landfall near Hong Kong. As the storm approaches the coast on Friday, wind shear is expected to rise to the moderate or high range, and the total heat content of the ocean will drop significantly, so some weakening is to be expected. Still, Megi will probably hit China as a major Category 3 typhoon,bringing a significant storm surge, high winds, and widespread torrential rains that will likely make this a multi-billion dollar disaster for China.

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Typhoon Megi killed at least 19 people, leaves 200,000 homeless, set to make landfall on Saturday east of Hong Kong

Typhoon Megi leaves 200,000 homeless

The 'super typhoon' that hit the Philippines and killed at least 19 people has left 200,000 homeless.

Published: 2:50PM BST 20 Oct 2010
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Megi smashed mostly farming and fishing areas of northern Luzon with wind gusts of 260 kilometres (160 miles) an hour Photo: REUTERS

Noel Lopez, provincial administrator of Isabela province in the Philippines said that it was "the worst typhoon to hit out province in nearly 20 years", adding that the lives of more than 256,000 people were affected.

Typhoon Megi has regained strength and is heading for southern China after wreaking havoc across the northern Philippines.

Chinese ports recalled vessels as Typhoon Megi looked set to make landfall on Saturday east of Hong Kong...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/philippines/8075856/Typhoon-Megi-leaves-200000-homeless.html