The Philippines have been tormented with two Typhoons in one short week. Early last week, amidst the rising sun on Tuesday morning, Typhoon Nesat slammed the Philippines’ main island, Luzon, and its capital Manila, with winds of up to 105 mph and a massive breadth of 400 miles in diameter! Enormous waves from Manila Bay crashed over the sea wall and encompassed wide areas of the capital city. Along with the obvious flooding causing thousands to be homeless, the storm caused power outages across the country with millions still without power late last week. Nesat also caused landslides and debris deposits that blocked roads across the region.
Alfredo Lim, the city mayor, has said that flooding like this is the first of its kind to occur in Manila, and the surrounding communities, which seems to be a contributing factor as to why most of the deaths occurred in this region. An estimated 52 people were taken by the storm. This could be an eye opener for the capital city to the precautions they need to be taking during the typhoon season that they may have been neglecting up until now.
No sooner had the country felt the smallest bit of healing from the rescue effort when typhoon Nalgea hit with no mercy 2 days ago on Saturday October 1. It spent 6 hours blowing its 121 mph winds around the Main Island that couldn't possible have had the capacity to take up more water. With this second round of flooding, the indirect effects of the storm will be emphasized. It will be even more essential, but much more difficult to get enough food and water supplies to those who are isolated due to blocked roads and continuous flooding. The most extreme cases have been families who were forced to spend days on their roofs to escape the flooding. Without sufficient distribution of food, water and health care the death toll will rise.
Through all of the devastation, loss of life, and loss of livelihood, there are definite lessons to be learned. Precautions towards this kind of storm and its disastrous aftermath should be taken underway and enforced even for areas that have never personally seen it.
Below - Even cargo trains are being put into use to help evacuate thousands and thousands of people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15075149
Alfredo Lim, the city mayor, has said that flooding like this is the first of its kind to occur in Manila, and the surrounding communities, which seems to be a contributing factor as to why most of the deaths occurred in this region. An estimated 52 people were taken by the storm. This could be an eye opener for the capital city to the precautions they need to be taking during the typhoon season that they may have been neglecting up until now.
No sooner had the country felt the smallest bit of healing from the rescue effort when typhoon Nalgea hit with no mercy 2 days ago on Saturday October 1. It spent 6 hours blowing its 121 mph winds around the Main Island that couldn't possible have had the capacity to take up more water. With this second round of flooding, the indirect effects of the storm will be emphasized. It will be even more essential, but much more difficult to get enough food and water supplies to those who are isolated due to blocked roads and continuous flooding. The most extreme cases have been families who were forced to spend days on their roofs to escape the flooding. Without sufficient distribution of food, water and health care the death toll will rise.
Through all of the devastation, loss of life, and loss of livelihood, there are definite lessons to be learned. Precautions towards this kind of storm and its disastrous aftermath should be taken underway and enforced even for areas that have never personally seen it.
Below - Even cargo trains are being put into use to help evacuate thousands and thousands of people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15075149 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15141169
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15086050
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