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29 October 2009
Typhoon Mirinae (Santi)
Click here for the latest update Once again Luzon in the Philippines is staring down the barrel of a powerful tropical cyclone, Typhoon Mirinae (known locally as Typhoon Santi). The storm is currently forecast to track across the southern part of Luzon on Friday evening:The 24 hour eTRaP precipitation forecast for the storm suggests that it is, as expected, inducing substantial amounts of precipitation along track: At the moment the …
19 October 2009
Typhoon Parma (Pepeng) – some interesting images
Thanks to Dr Deirdre McKay from Keele University for highlighting these images to me. Inan Lanoi has an album of photographs taken in the aftermath of Typhoon Parma (Pepeng) in the Philippines. Whilst perhaps less polished than the images that one gets on news sites, they capture very well the true impact of the landslides. The images can be viewed on Inan’s Facebook page here (you need a Facebook account …
18 October 2009
Typhoon Parma – rainfall and landslide maps
NASA have recently produced a map of the distribution of rainfall from Typhoon Parma (Pepeng) in the Philippines: The map has been produced from “the Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis, which includes rainfall observations from many satellites that are calibrated to match more detailed rainfall observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission”. I am not sure how reliable this is, but it is certainly a useful first estimate. I thought it would …
15 October 2009
Typhoon Parma – interesting image
I have today come across this dramatic image of the aftermath of the landslides triggered by typhoon Parma (Pepeng) in the Philippines (source GMA News.TV):
12 October 2009
Update: landslides triggered by typhoon Parma (Pepeng) in the Philippines
This is an update on this post. Information continues to trickle in about the landslides triggered by typhoon Parma (known as Pepeng in the Philippines). The following is a compilation from a variety of sources. The confirmed current toll is 193 dead, with 101 injured and 46 people reported missing; The landslide in Puguis village in La Trinidad (Benguet) is known to have killed 104 people, with rescue operations continuing; …
11 October 2009
Video of the aftermath of landslides triggered by Typhoon Parma in the Philippines
Latest update here. Youtube has an interesting video of the aftermath of the Philippine landslides triggered by Typhoon Parma (known locally as Pepeng): If the above does not work you can access it via the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuF1KFXBqAs&feature;=related
10 October 2009
The rising toll from Typhoon Parma in the Philippines
Latest update on the landslides in the Philippines here. The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Parma continues to rise. Fortunately, according to the track map (from here) the storm has now moved out into the South China Sea and is heading for Hainan Island in China:In its wake the typhoon has left a train of landslide devastation. Combining reports from inquirer.net and GMANews.tv, the picture appears to be …
9 October 2009
Typhoon Parma – multiple landslide fatalities in the Philippines
Updated: ABS-CBN News are now reporting that “At least 45 bodies have been recovered while dozens more remain missing after a massive landslide buried dozens of houses in La Trinidad, Benguet on Thursday night while tropical depression Pepeng (international codename Parma) was pouring heavy rains over northern Luzon provinces.” At the end of last week I posted regarding my concerns about the impact of Typhoon Parma on the northern part …
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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