[Vision2020] Phillipines Slammed Again By Another Typhoon

[Ted Moffett]

All:

Cat. 5 Super Typhoon 160 mph Cimarron hit the Philippines recently, and now
Typhoon Chebi at cat. 1 is predicted to hit about the same spot in the
Philippines:

http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/warnings/wp2306sa.gif

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Cimarron was the second major Typhoon to hit the Philippines this year,
after cat. 4 Xangsane:

http://search1.nasa.gov/lb/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2006/h2006_cimaron.html

Super Typhoon Cimaron is the second deadly typhoon to affect the Philippines
this year. Cimaron's sustained wind speed reached over 140 knots (161 mph)
making it a category five super typhoon before it comes ashore in the
Philippines.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Xangsane_(2006)

Xangsane made landfall in the Philippines, battering the northern islands
with torrential rains and strong winds, and causing widespread flooding and
landslides. After passing over Manila
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila>and emerging over the South
China Sea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea>, the typhoon made a
second landfall in central Vietnam, also causing flooding and landslides
there and in Thailand. The storm was responsible for at least 279 deaths,
mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam, and at least $747 million (2006 USD)
in damage.
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Vision2020 Post Ted Moffett
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