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Philippines Negotiator Ties Massive Typhoon to Global Warming, Hunger Strike
2013-11-11 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: While scientists are careful not to connect any single weather event to climate change, its clear that global warming is loading the dice for devastating events like Typhoon Haiyan. Rising seas, warmer waters and a warmer and wetter atmosphere, all contribute to supercharge storms like Haiyan and Hurricane Sandy. Scientists have warned that extreme weather events will only increase in intensity and frequency if climate change is left unchecked. Addressing the UN Climate Talks on behalf of the Philippines,...
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Typhoon Haiyan Hits Vietnam as Philippines Death Toll Climbs
2013-11-11 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Super Typhoon Haiyan, which left as many as 10,000 people dead in the Philippines after storm surges and gale-force winds knocked down buildings, flooded islands and destroyed an airport, has come ashore in Vietnam's Quang Ninh province. The storm, with top winds of 120 kilometers (74 miles) per hour was located 156 kilometers east-southeast of Hanoi, according to the latest bulletin from the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United Nations said it is stepping...
Philippine typhoon survivors beg for help as rescuers struggle
2013-11-11 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday after a super typhoon killed an estimated 10,0000 in the central Philippines. President Benigno Aquino declared a state of national calamity and deployed hundreds of soldiers in the coastal city of Tacloban to quell looting. The huge scale of death and destruction from Friday's storm become clearer as reports emerged of thousands of people missing and images showed apocalyptic scenes in one town that has not...
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Philippines: Aquino Faces Test With Typhoon Haiyan
2013-11-11 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The agenda for the second-half of Benigno Aquino's presidency is devastatingly clear. In the first three years of his term, the Filipino leader attracted remarkable investment-grade ratings for the onetime Sick Man of Asia. He raised taxes to increase revenues and stabilize the national balance sheet. He won global accolades for jailing his predecessor, Gloria Arroyo, and going after the corruption that has made the Philippines a third-rail country for overseas investors. He even took on the powerful...
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Typhoon deaths climb into thousands in Philippines
2013-11-11 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings -- some of the 10,000 people believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves. As the scale of devastation became clear Sunday from one of the worst storms ever recorded, officials projected the death toll could climb even higher when emergency crews reach parts of the archipelago cut off by flooding and landslides....
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