Morgenochtend, zaterdag, 8 uur plaatselijke tijd.quote:
quote:Typhoon Mangkhut: five million could be hit by Philippines super storm
Weather system could bring gusts up to 255km/h and wreak havoc in densely populated agricultural regions
A Filipino secures the roof of a house in Aparri, Philippines, as Typhoon Mangkhut heads towards the country. Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA
Philippine authorities have begun evacuating thousands of people from the path of the most powerful typhoon this year, closing schools, readying bulldozers for landslides and placing rescuers and troops on full alert in the country’s north.
Five million people are expected to be affected by Typhoon Mangkhut, which experts have categorised as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category five Atlantic hurricane. By Friday morning, 10,000 people across three regions had been evacuated.
Mangkhut was on course to hit north-eastern Cagayan province early on Saturday local time. It was tracked on Friday about 400km (250 miles) away in the Pacific with sustained winds of 205km/h and gusts of up to 255km/h, Philippine forecasters said.
It was predicted to travel across the South China Sea and pass within 100km of Hong Kong on Sunday morning.
With a massive raincloud band 900km wide, combined with seasonal monsoon rains, the typhoon could bring intense rains that could set off landslides and flash floods, the forecasters said. Storm warnings were raised in 25 provinces across the main northern island of Luzon, restricting sea and air travel.
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Ricardo Jalad, the country’s civil defence chief, told an emergency meeting led by president Rodrigo Duterte that about 4.2 million people in Cagayan, nearby Isabela province and outlying regions were vulnerable to the most destructive effects near the typhoon’s 125km-wide eye. Nearly 48,000 houses in those high-risk areas are made of light materials and vulnerable to Mangkhut’s winds.
Nou, dat schiet lekker op.quote:Op vrijdag 14 september 2018 08:50 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
By Friday morning, 10,000 people across three regions had been evacuated.
twitter:EarthUncutTV twitterde op vrijdag 14-09-2018 om 12:06:22Sun going down in Santa Ana extreme NE Luzon #Philippines - super #typhoon #OmpongPH #Mangkhut inbound. Wind picking up and squalls blow through the area https://t.co/cwqdMEUXRX reageer retweet
Dat lijkt me wel erg klein.quote:Op vrijdag 14 september 2018 09:12 schreef Captain_Jack_Sparrow het volgende:
Het oog is ongeveer 45nm in doorsnee. Nooit eerder gezien.
nm staat voor Nautical Mile.quote:
In het si stelsel ook voor nanometer.quote:Op vrijdag 14 september 2018 12:23 schreef Captain_Jack_Sparrow het volgende:
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nm staat voor Nautical Mile.
De materiale schade in de States mag dan meer zijn, hier geen meer doden vallen. En dat kunnen er ook wel eens veel meer zijn.quote:Op vrijdag 14 september 2018 12:27 schreef Apekoek het volgende:
Het erge is, dat je bij voorbaat weet dat er doden gaan vallen en dat er ook weinig aan te doen is.
Prachtig. Jammer van de gevolgen...quote:Op vrijdag 14 september 2018 13:30 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Mooi oog
Blauwe stip is waar Reynolds nu zit
twitter:EarthUncutTV twitterde op vrijdag 14-09-2018 om 16:09:51Update from Santa Ana as wind continues to pick up - super #typhoon #OmpongPH #Mangkhut nearing #Philippines https://t.co/WevpzTdQet reageer retweet
Wowquote:Op donderdag 13 september 2018 19:50 schreef heywoodu het volgende:
WTF, 814mb en een maximale windsnelheid van 362 (!) kilometer per uur
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twitter:dost_pagasa twitterde op vrijdag 14-09-2018 om 19:55:26TC UPDATE: as of 1:40AM, 15 September 2018, the eye of Typhoon #OmpongPH has made landfall over Baggao, Cagayan. https://t.co/Ngs0dFO8CP reageer retweet
twitter:EarthUncutTV twitterde op vrijdag 14-09-2018 om 21:40:08Losing data - interior of hotel trashed, window and doors blown in. #typhoon #Mangkhut #Philippines reageer retweet
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