Super Typhoon NEPARTAK / Butchoy now Category 5
The first Typhoon of the Storm Season 2016 is a real Monster. Approaching the costs of Taiwan it now presents gust wind speeds of up to 305 km/h. NEPARTAK / Butchoy slowed down a...
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Ouverture furioso – Super Typhoon NEPARTAK / Butchoy
The 2016 Typhoon Season starts with a Super Typhoon. Typhoon NEPARTAK / Butchoy has rapidly gained strength and is now a Super Typhoon Cat. 4. Tue United Nations have issued a Red Typhoon Alert...
Typhoon Nepartak moving fast west-northwest towards Taiwan
Typhoon Nepartak has been upgraded from a Tropical Storm to a Typhoon Cat.1. It is moving fast at 30 km/h towards Taiwan. Only the most northern islands of the Batanes group are within the storm...
Typhoon MATMO/Henry’s backdoor
Typhoon MATMO/Henry seems to pass by. But even if it is not hitting the Philippine islands it is amplifying the south-west monsoon called Habagat. These winds can get rather strong. Yesterday afternoon Habagat got...
Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry
Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry has intensified as it entered PAR. Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry is expected to continue moving slowly north-northwestward during the next 24 to 48 hours. On the forecast track, the storm will continue to move...
Landslide – what landslide? It’s sunny in the Philippines
People ask me often about our landslide warnings. Most tourists cannot imagine what it means. Landslide? What is sliding? Our northern neighbors in Taiwan caught a movie that does not tell a story –...
Lost camera found six years later
An American tourist lost her underwater camera six years ago in Hawaii. Photo: AFP Lindsay Crumbley Scallan lost her underwater camera when diving off Maui in Hawaii six years ago. The camera has been...
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