TYPHOON YOLANDA(HAIYAN)

TYPHOON YOLANDA(INTERNATIONAL NAME HAIYAN)

UDPATE!!!!Three people were killed before super typhoon "Yolanda" (international name Haiyan) made landfall over Eastern Visayas, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday afternoon.

As of 8:20am - FRIDAY
- STORM SURGE nanalasa na sa Tacloban, Leyte dahil sa Supertyphoon 'YOLANDA'... tubig baha biglang tumaas at aabot na sa 2nd floor ng mga apartment... kaya MAGHANDA na rin tayo sa paparating na STORM SURGE o malalaking alon lalo na mamayang hapon..,

The Super Typhoon YolandA(HAIYAN)

UPDATE!!!!!

Typhoon "YOLANDA" has made third landfall over Daang Bantayan, Cebu. Location of Center: (as of 10:00 a.m.) over Daang Bantayan, Cebu Coordinates: 11.28°N, 124.1°E Strength: Maximum sustained winds of 215 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 250 kph Movement: Forecast to move West Northwest at 40 kph Forecast Positions/Outlook: Saturday morning: 245 km West of Ambulong, Batangas Saturday afternoon: 743 km West of Subic, Zambales or outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)
	Areas Having Public Storm Warning Signal PSWS # Luzon Visayas Mindanao Signal No. 4 ( >185 kph winds may be expected in at least 12 hours) Southern Occidental Mindoro Southern Oriental Mindoro Romblon Calamian Group of Island Masbate Northern Cebu Cebu City Bantayan Island Northern Negros Occidental Aklan Capiz Antique Iloilo Guimaras None Signal No.3 (Winds of >100 to 185 kph may be expected in at least 18 hours) Rest of Occidental Mindoro Rest of Oriental Mindoro Burias Island Sorsogon Marinduque Ticao Island Northern Palawan Puerto Princesa City Northern Samar Eastern Samar Samar Leyte Southern Leyte Bohol Rest of Cebu Negros Oriental Rest of Negros Occidental Camotes Island Biliran Province Dinagat Province Signal No. 2 (winds of >60 to 100 kph may be expected in at least 24 hours) Bataan Metro Manila Rizal Cavite Laguna Batangas Southern Quezon Camarines Sur Lubang Island Rest of Palawan Albay Siquijor Surigao del Norte Siargao Camiguin Signal No. 1 (30-60 kph winds may be expected in at least 36 hours) Pampanga Zambales Bulacan Camarines Norte Rest of Quezon Polilio Island Catanduanes None Surigao del Sur Misamis Oriental Agusan del Norte
	Public Warning Signal #1 elsewhere are now lowered. "YOLANDA", after hitting Guiuan ( Eastern Samar) and Tolosa, Leyte, is now in the vicinity of Northern tip of Cebu and will traverse Visayan Sea and will hit Panay Island between 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm then will pass in the Southern part of Mindoro then Busuanga and will exit the Philippine landmass this evening towards the West Philippine Sea. Estimated rainfall amount is from 10.0 - 20.0 mm per hour (Heavy - Intense) within the 400 km diameter out of 600 km diameter of the Typhoon. Sea travel is risky over the seaboards of Northern Luzon and over the eastern seaboard of Central Luzon. Residents in low lying and mountainous areas under signal #4, #3 and #2 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides. Likewise, those living in coastal areas under the aforementioned signal #4, #3 and #2 are alerted against storm surges which may reach up to 7-meter wave height. The public and the disaster risk reduction and management council concerned are advised to take appropriate actions and watch for the next bulletin to be issued at 5 PM today.

Friday, November 8, 2013

MANILA (Updated 11:56 a.m.) -- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Caraga said on Friday morning that Typhoon Yolanda claimed its first casualty in Surigao del Sur.
PIA Region 13 tweeted, "The initially reported one casualty was identified in the person of Jimmy Bueno, a resident of Purok 3, Barangay Poblacion, Lingig in Surigao del Sur. He was killed by electrocution caused by grounded water, according to OCD Regl Dir. & RDRRMC Chair Liza Mazo."
The PIA in Cebu also tweeted, "One fatality reportedly in Medellin, Cebu. Victim allegedly hit by tree as fierce winds now hitting Northern Cebu." 

As of Friday morning, power was knocked out in Tagbilaran City in Bohol, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Central Visayas reported.
In Cebu, the PIA also reported brownouts in Toledo City and Quiot, Pardo in Cebu City.
Transmission lines and other facilities of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and other local electric distribution facilities in several areas in Visayas and Mindanao were also affected by Typhoon Yolanda.
The NGCP posted on its Twitter account that it is undergoing restoration works at the areas affected, such as Bohol, Samar, Leyte, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte and Sorsogon.
In Albay, power interruption was intentionally implemented for the safety of the locals.
However, before the Typhoon landed in the Philippine Area of Resposibility (PAR), NGCP implemented necessary preparations and precautions to minimize the casualties of Typhoon Yolanda to transmission lines and other facilities that would affect the power distribution in several areas.

A crisis map was also posted by Google to provide information about the disaster:


Meanwhile, Quezon City-based independent research institution, the Manila Observatory reported that Typhoon Yolanda could cause "catastrophic damages especially in provinces in Visayas and islands in Southern Luzon, and parts of Northern Mindanao" taking into account weather and socioeconomic data.
The research institution said that because Cebu and Iloilo have the highest population density, they also have the highest number of exposed people and assets to disasters.
"Should Yolanda follow the path and patterns of 1990’s Ruping, the provinces of Cebu, Bohol, Negros and Iloilo may be at high risk to disaster," said the Manila Observatory in its report published on Thursday.
In 1990, Supertyphoon Ruping (International name: Mike) followed a similar track as Yolanda. It entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on November 10. Ruping also made its landfall over Leyte, and crossed Visayas on November 13.
Like Yolanda, Ruping was also considered a Category 5 cyclone based on the Saffir-Simpsons Hurricane Scale, with maximum winds of 220 kilometers per hour (kph). According to the US National Weather Service, during a Category 5 cyclone: "A high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed, with total roof failure and wall collapse. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas. Power outages will last for weeks to possibly months. Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months."
"Ruping caused massive losses and damages due to its devastating winds and rainfall that resulted in inundation and flooding. In Iloilo, the continuous rainfall caused the swelling of the Jalaur River that inundated low-lying areas," the Manila Observatory said in its report.
The Manila Observatory also warned that Yolanda is a very huge in terms of diameter. It also has high sustained wind speed at 235 kph and gustiness of up to 275 kph.
"Satellite images indicate low cloud top temperatures, meaning that the typhoon could also bring a lot of rainfall that could potentially cause flash floods high river levels, and inundated low-lying areas, along with other associated hazards especially along coastal areas (storm surges, swells)," it said.
The Manila Observatory added, "Sloping areas are advised of the risk of landslides and other debris flows. Communities in Cebu and Bohol recovering from the earthquake may be particularly vulnerable."

In its Facebook post, the Visayan Electric Corporation said "for possible outages during Typhoon Yolanda, please get ready with your VECO account ID and/or pole no. This will help us locate you faster. As a guide, check out this sample bill."

HAIYAN (YOLANDA) becomes an Extremely Catastrophic Super Typhoon and is considered as the most powerful of all Super Typhoons for 2013...now endangers Leyte and Samar Provinces..as well as the whole of Central Visayas. The potential landfall area of this super typhoon is likely along the Northern Leyte on or before noontime Friday, November 08.

Important Note: This typhoon is similar in track but more powerful in strength of Super Typhoon MIKE (RUPING) which passed across the Visayas on November 12, 1990 which devastated much of Central Visayas paricularly Cebu.

Residents living along the eastern seaboards of the Philippines from Northern Quezon...Bicol Region...down to Northeastern Mindanao should continue monitoring the approach of this destructive typhoon for possible unprecendented track changes. Plans for emergency situations and/or disaster management planning must be completed as soon as possible as the dangerous cyclone is only 1 day away from hitting land.


CURRENT STORM ANALYSIS [CORRECTED]

As of 5:00 am today, the eye of STY Haiyan was located over the South Philippine Sea...about 975 km southeast of Tacloban City, Leyte or 1,065 km east-southeast of Metro Cebu...currently moving very quickly west-northwest with a forward speed of 35 km/hr towards Leyte and Southern Samar Area.

Maximum Sustained Winds (1-min. avg) have rapidly increased to 280 km/hr near the center with higher gusts. Typhoon Force Winds (118 km/hr or more) extend outward up to 85 kilometers from the center...and Tropical Storm Force Winds (63-117 km/hr) extend outward up to 230 kilometers from the center. STY Haiyan remains a small-sized tropical cyclone with a diameter of 555 kilometers across.   

MANILA, Philippines – “Yolanda” (international name Haiyan) is the “most powerful typhoon for 2013”, US meteorologists said Thursday, as they classified the  supertyphoon as Category 5.

“The most powerful tropical cyclone of 2013 anywhere on Earth is raging toward the Philippines,” the US-based The Weather Channel reported Wednesday at 5:16 p.m. EST (6 a.m. Thursday Philippine time) .

“As of late Wednesday afternoon (US time), Super Typhoon Haiyan had top sustained winds near 175 (281 kilometers per hour) mph according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center,” it added.

The JTWC said in an update at 5 a.m. that Yolanda was expected to remain a supertyphoon in the next 36 hours.

More areas were placed under storm signals as Yolanda (international name Haiyan) headed towards Eastern Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical and Services Administration (Pagasa) said Thursday.

Yolanda is so far the strongest typhoon in the Philippines this year, said Pagasa’s Connie Dadivas . It is now packing maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 250 kph.

Storm signals were raised in the following areas of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao:

Signal No. 2

Eastern Samar

Samar

Southern Leyte

Surigao Del Norte

Siargao Island

Dinagat Island

Northern part of Surigao Del Sur

Northern part of Agusan Del Norte

Signal No. 1

Camarines Norte

Camarines Sur

Catanduanes

Albay

Sorsogon

Ticao Island

Burias Island

Masbate

Romblon

Marinduque

Southern Quezon

Aklan

Capiz

Iloilo

Antique

Guimaras

Negros Occidental and Oriental

Cebu

Camotes Island

Bohol

Siquijor

Leyte

Biliran Island

Northern Samar

Camaguin

Misamis Oriental

Rest of Agusan del Norte

Agusan del Sur

Rest of Surigao del Sur

Yolanda was last observed 822 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur and continued to move west-northwest at 30 kilometers per hour. It is expected to make landfall over Eastern Visayas by Friday morning and exit the Philippine area of responsibility by early Sunday if it continues with its speed.

Heavy to intense rains were seen within its 600 kilometer-diameter. Sea travel remained risky over the eastern seaboard of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas.

The typhoon entered the Philippine area of responsibility Wednesday midnight.

Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon continued to affect Northern Luzon.

“Bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. The regions of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera and Ilocos will be partly cloudy to cloudy with light rains,” Pagasa said.

Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon and Visayas and coming from the northeast to north over Mindanao. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago wi