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Why Typhoon Haiyan Caused So Much Damage
2013-11-11 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The deadly typhoon that swept through the Philippines was one of the strongest ever recorded. But storms nearly this powerful are actually common in the eastern Pacific. Typhoon Haiyan's devastation can be chalked up to a series of bad coincidences. Typhoons - known in our part of the world as hurricanes - gain their strength by drawing heat out of the ocean. Tropical oceans are especially warm, which is why the biggest storms, Category 4 and Category 5, emerge there. These storms also intensify...
Google Launches Person Finder After Typhoon Yolanda
2013-11-11 22:33:42| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Following Friday's devastating typhoon in the Philippines, Google has launched a Person Finder that allows individuals to post messages and search for the status of family and friends affected by the disaster.
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Typhoon casts pall over U.N. climate talks in Poland
2013-11-11 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan cast a gloom over U.N. climate talks Monday as the envoy from the Philippines broke down in tears and announced he would fast until a "meaningful outcome is in sight." Naderev "Yeb" Sano's emotional appeal was met with a standing ovation at the start of two-week talks in Warsaw where more than 190 countries will try to lay the groundwork for a new pact to fight global warming. U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres also made reference to the "devastating...
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Typhoon Haiyan & climate change Q&A
2013-11-11 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Is typhoon Haiyan linked to climate change? As the devastating storm has only just happened, it is too soon for any research to have been done on whether global warming influenced typhoon Haiyan. But there are good reasons for expecting that it has (see below). Furthermore, the tools exist to determine how much climate change may have intensified the typhoon. They have already been used on other extreme weather events, giving a clear scientific answer that climate change had dramatically increased...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines prepares climate change plans for worse to come
2013-11-11 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As one of the world's poorest and least developed countries, the Philippines is handicapped by a chronic lack of resources, poor or non-existent infrastructure, and a far-flung archipelagic geography when dealing with the natural catastrophes that regularly afflict it. But hard-won experience is also forcing Filipino government administrators and agencies, and their international collaborators, to examine and create new strategies for disaster preparedness, response and mitigation that have important...
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