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21 October 2009
Typhoon Lupit (Ramil) continues to confound!
The behaviour of Typhoon Lupit (Ramil) is becoming increasingly difficult to forecast, primarily because its movement remains quite slow. The latest JTWC track forecast is still suggesting that the track will pass across the northern part of Luzon:However, the storm is now moving slowly and is likely to continue to do so, which makes forecasting its track much more difficult. The major concern is that the JTWC forecast above suggests …
20 October 2009
Typhoon Lupit (Typhoon Ramil) continues to threaten Luzon
Latest update here Typhoon Lupit (Ramil) has now resumed its westward progress and remains on track to cross the northern part of Luzon in the Philippines:The typhoon has weakened somewhat over the last few hours, with maximum sustained wind speeds now in the order of 85 knots. This weakening appears to be associated with some drier air that surrounded the typhoon, disrupting its organised circulation. However, there is now some …
19 October 2009
Latest update on Typhoon Lupit (Typhoon Ramil) and Hurricane Rick
Latest update here Unfortunately the news on typhoon Lupit (Ramil in the Philippines) is not getting any better. The storm has now turned towards the west and is picking up speed. It is now moving on a bearing of about 300 degrees at about 9 knots (c.17 kmh). This means that it is forecast to start to make landfall on the northern side of Luzon on Wednesday / Thursday. The …
18 October 2009
Typhoon Lupit (Ramil) update
Latest update here According to the latest track maps, Typhoon Lupit (known locally as Typhoon Ramil in the Philippines) has been effectively stalled out to the east of Luzon for the last couple of days. It may look as if the storm is now heading away from Luzon, but current forecasts are that it will resume its westward movement in the next day or so:This is a very large and …
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 …
16 October 2009
Another threat to the Philippines – Typhoon Lupit
Unfortunately things do not get any easier in the Philippines. Just as the clear-up from Typhoon Parma really gets under way (my tally of the landslide related deaths from this event is currently 346 people), another typhoon has formed. The current track forecasts suggest that there is a reasonable chance that it will pass over the northern part of Luzon once again: Note that the labels on the track give …
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 …
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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