quote:"Orkaan Rick blijft extreem gevaarlijk"
De orkaan Rick, die de kusten van Mexico aan de Stille Oceaan onveilig maakte, is afgezwakt en heeft nu een kracht van vier op de schaal van Saffir-Simpson, die vijf categorieën telt, meldt het Amerikaanse National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami. Het NHC waarschuwt echter wel dat Rick "extreem gevaarlijk" blijft. De orkaan gaat gepaard met windvlagen tot 230 kilometer per uur.
Vanochtend bevond Rick zich op ongeveer 660 kilometer ten zuiden van het luxueuze badplaats Los Cabos en zette hij zijn tocht voort naar het noordwesten langs de zuidkust van Mexico.
Morgen zal de orkaan volgens het NHC naar het noorden trekken en in de volgende 24 tot 48 uur moet Rick aan intensiteit inboeten. Rick is de zevende orkaan van het orkaanseizoen 2009 in het noordoosten van de Stille Oceaan. Zaterdag bereikte hij de hoogste categorie van vijf op de schaal van Saffir-Simpson.(Bron: HLN)
quote:Typhoon Lupit a potential major disaster for the Philippines
Category 4 Super Typhoon Lupit has begun its turn to the west over the Philippine Sea, and is headed towards a landfall early Thursday morning on the northern portion of Luzon Island in the Philippines. Thanks to the departure of a trough of low pressure that was pulling the super typhoon to the northeast and creating a region of weak steering currents, a strong ridge of high pressure is now building in over Lupit and will force it slightly south of due west. The models are all in excellent agreement on the forecast track taking the super typhoon over northern Luzon as a major Category 3 or 4 typhoon, and Lupit--the Filipino word for cruel--is very likely to live up to its name. The northern Philippines are still reeling from the rains and mudslides unleashed by Super Typhoon Parma last week, which crossed over the northern Philippines three times, dumping over twenty inches of rain in many locations. Parma killed 438 people, and 51 are still missing. A week prior to Parma, Typhoon Ketsana brought the heaviest rains in 42 years to the capital of Manila, killing 420 people, with 37 still missing.
Die is al volop bezig bij 1 van die eilandjes.quote:Op zondag 18 oktober 2009 12:57 schreef Co_OL het volgende:
Hij gaat de Mexicaantjes opjagen
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quote:Eerste dode door orkaan Rick
De orkaan Rick heeft een dodelijk slachtoffer gemaakt in de Mexicaanse badplaats Los Cabos. Dat meldt de civiele bescherming. De 38-jarige man was ondanks de waarschuwingen van de Mexicaanse overheid gaan zwemmen. Hij werd meegesleurd door een enorme golf. De orkaan Rick zal naar verwachting morgenvroeg in Los Cabos, aan de westkust van Mexico, aan land komen.
quote:WE NOW HAVE 94L IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN
The NHC has designated the area of disturbed weather in the western Caribbean as 94L. For those who may not know what that means, it is a numbering system used to allocate more resources for a suspect area of weather in the hurricane breeding grounds of the world. The various agencies use the numbers 90-99 and a letter, in this case "L For Atlantic, and then start over as needed. We will go through a couple dozen of these "invests" each season at least. So- what is the future for 94L? Looks like it will be slow going with development with a northward drift. The first intensity model, the SHIPS, shows it reaching moderate tropical storm strength in about five days. It is very early in the evolution of this system but I think it is likely that we will see additional development from it over the next several days. Interests in the western and northern Caribbean should keep a close eye on the situation. At the very least, unsettled weather will prevail.
quote:MANILA, 20 October 2009 (IRIN) - Rescue and relief officials are rushing supplies and food to the north of the Philippines, while thousands of people living in areas prone to landslides and flooding were ordered on 20 October to evacuate to safer areas, as Typhoon Lupit was due to make landfall.
Packing maximum sustained winds of 195km near the centre with gusts of 230km/hour, Lupit's eye was estimated at 820km east-northeast of the province of Cagayan, in the northern island of Luzon.
While it is expected to make landfall only on 22 October, its wide outer rain bands could bring heavy rains and strong winds to northern provinces a day earlier, the state weather bureau said.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) in Manila said nearly 100 tonnes of food and other relief items had been trucked or airlifted to northern provinces where Lupit was expected to hit.
Lupit comes as the country continues to reel from the devastation wrought by twin typhoons that left 858 people dead and entire areas under flood waters for the past three weeks.
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