A super typhoon slammed into China on Friday as the government ordered an all-out effort to prevent loss of life from a storm that has already killed at least 64 people in the Philippines. It continued the same evening into Catanauan, Quezon, and traversed the Northern Capital Region … Haiyan's strong winds and tsunami-like storm surges flattened towns, leaving at least 6,300 people dead and more than 1,000 missing.Albay, about 210 miles southeast of Manila, the capital, has had its share of major disasters. But Manila, the capital city home to 12 million people, was spared when winds shifted, officials said.The typhoon weakened before it blew out of the country Wednesday, heading toward northern Vietnam or China's Hainan Island, forecaster Jori Loiz said. Over a month's worth of rain in 2 days likely for parts of In general, hurricane and typhoon (they are the same type of storm, only named differently based on location) storm intensity forecasts are less accurate than forecasts for their track, and this problem is compounded in the tropical Pacific where "hurricane hunter" aircraft do not fly into storms on a frequent basis like they do in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.Rammasun, a.k.a. For other storms of the same name, see Typhoon Rammasun near peak intensity on July 18 as it skirted Hainan IslandMap plotting the track and intensity of the storm according to the Typhoon Rammasun making landfall in the Philippines on July 15Animation of PAGASA's Storm Signal Raised in each province throughout the passage of GlendaTyphoon Rammasun shows its landfall over China later on July 18Script error: The function "getCommonsLink" does not exist.Script error: The function "getCommonsLink" does not exist. The storm is now slowly weakening from interaction with the mountainous areas of the northern Philippines as it churns west-northwest toward the heavily populated and low-lying Manila metro region. Typhoon Rammasun, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Glenda, was one of only two category 5 super typhoons on record in the South China Sea, with the other being Pamela in 1954. Typhoon Rammasun (locally known as Glenda) made landfall over Lapu-Lapu in Albay province in the east of the Philippines in the late afternoon of Tuesday, 15 July. Mashable, MashBash and Mashable House are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis, LLC and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. We went and got drenched in the rain," Lucille Navarro, a 35-year-old mother of two, said by cellphone from a crowded evacuation shelter in Albay's Daraga town, where she brought her son and daughter.Rammasun, the Thai term for god of thunder, is the seventh storm to batter the Philippines this year. A 16-year-old boy and 84-year-old man were electrocuted but survived in Camarines Sur.Rammasun made its first landfall in the dark at Rafu-rafu Island in the Albay province, according to the Manila Times, bearing 125 mph sustained winds, similar in strength to a Category 3 hurricane.Polangui Mayor Cherilie Mella Sampal estimated more than half of the 15,000 to 20,000 houses in her rice-growing town may have been damaged or blown away by the fierce wind and rain.As the typhoon raged for about three hours, Sampal said she saw the wind topple electric posts and lift roofs off houses.
Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe. Bagyong Glenda (Rammasun) Typhoon (JMA scale) Category 5 (Saffir–Simpson scale) Ang bagyong Glenda na namataan sa Hainan sa bansang Tsina. July 15, 2014 Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda clear eye Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda is in the Gulf of Albay and shows a clear eye. About 20 typhoons and storm lash the archipelago on the western edge of the Pacific each year, making it one of the world's most disaster-prone countries.We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. Although Rammasun packed far less power than 2013's Typhoon Haiyan, haunting memories of last year's horrific storm devastation prompted many villagers to rapidly move to safety at the prodding of authorities.
Following the closure of maritime seaports, more than 100 passengers were reportedly stranded at the Throughout its devastating journey through southern Luzon, the powerful typhoon barely weakened but instead maintained its strength and even intensified as it made its way across the Bicol Region.Early on July 11, the JTWC reported that the system had intensified into a tropical storm, after they had assessed the intensity slightly higher than the Dvorak estimates from various agencies.Rammasun entered the Philippine area of responsibility and was given a local name, Shortly before its Philippine landfall, Rammasun developed a 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) wide eye. Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda made landfall between Legazpi City and Santo Domingo. The storm was blamed for killing more than 150 people as it did major damage to the Philippines and Vietnam. As sea-level rises in Manila from global warming and sinking land elevations, storm surges there are becoming even more damaging, according to a Rainfall projections show that the storm may dump as much as 15 inches of rainfall on parts of the Philippines, which would be the equivalent of a month's worth of rainfall in just one to two days' time. Typhoon Rammasun has made landfall in the Philippines with wind gusts of up to 185 kilometres per hour.