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Typhoon Hagupit: Greenpeace warning as million people flee 106mph gales
2014-12-07 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Philippines remains braced for further possible devastation from Typhoon Hagupit after the storm knocked out power in entire coastal provinces, mowed down trees and sent more than 800,000 people fleeing for their lives. The typhoon, which hit land with winds of 87mph and gusts of 106mph, caused shallow floods, damaged shanties and ripped tin roofs off buildings, but there were no confirmed deaths or major destruction reported from the affected areas. Hagupit was found to be weaker than...
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Phil typhoon sparks calls climate action
2014-12-07 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: While loved ones braced for the full impact of Typhoon Hagupit back home, Filipino activists in Lima urged climate negotiators Saturday to act with more urgency in drafting a global plan to limit such potentially life-threatening events. "To us in the Philippines, we are not any more debating on whether or not the impacts of climate change are here, we have experienced it," Voltaire Alferez of the Aksyon Klima Pilipinas NGO grouping said on the sidelines of the talks. "Year after year we are...
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Typhoon tears down homes disaster-weary Philippines
2014-12-06 18:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Typhoon Hagupit tore apart homes and sent waves crashing through coastal communities across the eastern Philippines on Sunday, creating more misery for millions following a barrage of deadly disasters. The typhoon roared in from the Pacific Ocean and crashed into remote fishing communities of Samar island on Saturday night with wind gusts of 210 kilometres (130 miles) an hour, local weather agency Pagasa said. The wind strength made Hagupit the most powerful storm to hit the Philippines this...
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Philippines typhoon sparks calls for climate action
2014-12-06 15:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: While loved ones braced for the full impact of Typhoon Hagupit back home, Filipino activists in Lima urged climate negotiators on Saturday (Dec 6) to act with more urgency in drafting a global plan to limit such potentially life-threatening events. "To us in the Philippines, we are not any more debating on whether or not the impacts of climate change are here, we have experienced it," Voltaire Alferez of the Aksyon Klima Pilipinas NGO grouping said on the sidelines of the talks. "Year after...
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Schools, offices shut as typhoon bears down on Philippines
2014-12-04 05:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Schools and government offices were shut in parts of the central Philippines on Thursday and residents stocked up on supplies and food, as provinces yet to recover from last year's devastating super-typhoon Haiyan braced for another category 5 storm. Typhoon Hagupit was churning across the Pacific around 860 km (585 miles) east of the island nation on Thursday, the local weather bureau said, packing winds of up to 195 kph (120 mph) with gusts of up to 230 kph. It was expected to strengthen...
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