Supertyfoon Mangkhut richting Taiwan en Fillipijnen

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 08:40 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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A trail of ruin on Rota

SONGSONG, Rota—The island of Rota, which bore the brunt of Typhoon Mangkhut late Monday and was reportedly the strongest typhoon to hit the island since 2002, was in shambles in the wake of the Category 2 typhoon that brought maximum sustained winds of over 100 miles per hour (160.9 kilometers per hour) to the island.

Saipan Tribune, which flew out to the island of Rota yesterday to scope out the damage left by Typhoon Mangkhut, found widespread damage in Rota’s main village of Songsong.

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Op zondag 9 september 2018 13:44 schreef Klaploper het volgende:
Da's khut mang.

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 10:19 schreef Felagund het volgende:
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Behoorlijk sterk ding.

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Hopelijk niet teveel schade in de Filipijnen.

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Evacuations begin as supertyfoon Mangkhut targets Northern Philippines
A super typhoon roared toward the Philippines on Thursday, prompting thousands to evacuate ahead of its heavy rains and fierce winds that are set to strike at the weekend before moving on to China.

Typhoon Mangkhut, which has already blasted through the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, is speeding across the Pacific with winds that can gust as high as 255 kilometres (160 miles) per hour.

Authorities said some 10 million people in the Philippines are in the storm's path, not including millions more in heavily-populated coastal China.

Thousands began evacuating in seaside areas of the northern tip of the main Philippine island of Luzon, where the storm is expected to make landfall early Saturday.

"The pre-emptive evacuation is going on in our coastal municipalities, the villages that are prone to storm surge," local government spokesman Rogelio Sending told AFP. "We are going to evacuate more."

Flooding, landslides and wind damage from the coming storm were top concerns as authorities prepared equipment for rescue and relief operations.

Schools were shuttered and some farmers took to their fields to start early harvest of corn and rice that could be ruined by flooding.

- 'Considerable threat' -

An average of 20 typhoons and storms lash the Philippines each year, killing hundreds of people and leaving millions in near-perpetual poverty.

The country's deadliest on record is Super Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,350 people dead or missing across the central Philippines in November 2013.

The state weather service said Mangkhut will be the strongest typhoon so far this year, with sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour.

The typhoon is expected to boost the intensity of seasonal monsoon rains that have already caused widespread flooding in central Luzon, a mainly farming region north of capital Manila.

Poor communities reliant on fishing are some of the most vulnerable to fierce typhoon winds and the storm surge that pounds the coast.

"It will bring destruction. They are the ones greatly affected. Even moderate winds can topple their houses," regional civil defence official Dante Balao told AFP.

Hong Kong is also in Mangkhut's sights and preparations there were already underway, though the storm was not expected to hit until Sunday.

Social media users and radio commentators in Hong Kong said they were stocking up on food and supplies.

The Hong Kong Observatory warned residents to prepare for the storm, saying it posed a "considerable threat".

The Philippines state weather service said heavy rains and strong winds are expected from Friday over the north and centre of Luzon, along with rough seas on the coasts.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said it expects "substantial damage" on the Philippine path of Mangkhut.

Storm surges of up to seven metres (23 feet) are expected to hit coastal areas, it said, while heavy rains could trigger landslides and flash floods.

The civil defence office in Manila said towns and cities on Mangkhut's path are preparing government buildings as evacuation centres, stockpiling food and other emergency rations.

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 11:02 schreef Apekoek het volgende:
www.windy.com hier eens kijken joh, dan zie je dat het inderdaad een heftige jongen is

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 11:03 schreef Frutsel het volgende:

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Ik kijk vaak naar deze
https://earth.nullschool.(...)ic=-227.34,14.21,975

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 10:59 schreef Frutsel het volgende:

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Tijdelijke kick --> NWS

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Philippines are bracing for Mangkhut and monsoon
The Philippines is bracing for Typhoon Mangkhut, the most powerful storm this year, with millions living in its path and fears its rains could combine with monsoonal storms that could spark landslides and flash flooding.

Philippines officials have ordered evacuations and closed schools and offices as Typhoon Mangkhut approached, carrying sustained winds of 265km/h (165mph) and gusts of up to 325km/h (201mph). It is forecast to make landfall on Saturday.

The Philippine Red Cross said its emergency workers were on standby. Richard Gordon, its chairman, said: “We’re worried for the 10 million people in the Philippines living in the path of this destructive storm, including those who have been displaced several times due to the monsoon rains last July and August.”

armers are racing to harvest their crops before the storm hits, with northern Cagayan province to first to be affected.

With a massive rain band 900km (560 miles) wide, combined with seasonal monsoon rains, the storm could bring “heavy to intense” rains that could set off landslides and flash floods, Mendoza said.

After leaving the Philippines, the fast-moving storm is expected to blow toward southern China on Sunday if it maintains its course, forecasters said.

Manuel Mamba, the governor of Cagayan, said northern coastal and island villages were being evacuated on Thursday ahead of the expected onslaught. He said classes in schools would be suspended Thursday and offices, except those involved in rescue and relief work, would be advised to close on Friday.

In 2016, a super typhoon lashed southern parts of Cagayan, destroying tens of thousands of houses. Mangkhut is blowing from the Pacific and forecast to directly hit the province’s north-eastern coastal and island municipalities, Mamba said.

“I’m stressing that this one is very different, this is more complicated because of possible storm surges,” Mamba said, referring to giant waves whipped inland by a typhoon.

The typhoon is arriving at the start of the rice and corn harvest season in Cagayan, a major agricultural producer, and farmers were scrambling to save what they could of their crops, Mamba said. The Philippines has been trying to cope with rice shortages.

Office of Civil Defense chief Ricardo Jalad said other northern provinces will also start evacuating residents from low-lying areas on Thursday.

“The worst case are those areas which will be directly hit by strong winds that can topple houses, storm surges and heavy rains that can cause flooding, and there may be landslides in higher areas,” Jalad said.

A missile test aboard a navy ship to be attended by president Rodrigo Duterte off northern Bataan province was cancelled due to the approaching typhoon.

Mangkhut is the 15th storm this year to batter the Philippines, which is hit by about 20 storms a year and is considered one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries.

Typhoon Haiyan left more than 7,300 people dead or missing and displaced more than 5 million in the central Philippines in 2013.

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EarthUncutTV twitterde op donderdag 13-09-2018 om 12:05:05 NE #Philippines - stunning! But first signs of stormy weather super #typhoon #OmpongPH #Mangkhut https://t.co/0zArsB4aDh reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 12:07 schreef Frutsel het volgende:

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EarthUncutTV twitterde op donderdag 13-09-2018 om 12:05:05 NE #Philippines - stunning! But first signs of stormy weather super #typhoon #OmpongPH #Mangkhut https://t.co/0zArsB4aDh reageer retweet

James Reynolds zit te wachten op Mangkhut... had ik kunnen weten

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 12:07 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:
Mangkhut (echt khut mang). Is trouwens wel echt een monster ook. Alle aandacht gaat naar florence in onze 'informatie sphere' maar dat ding is nog een stapje erger dan Florence. Mogelijk de sterkste ooit in dat gebied.

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 12:14 schreef Perrin het volgende:

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Hij zit ook echt op het noordelijke deel waar Ompong/Mangkhut aan land komt