[Vision2020] Typhoon-Weary Northern Philippines Ready to Evacuate: Typhoon Lupit Predicted At Cat. 4 149 mph

[Ted Moffett]

US Naval Oceanography Portal, Joint Typhoon Warning Center predictions for
Typhoon Lupit:

http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/wp2209.gif
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http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2009-10-16-typhoon-philippines_N.htm
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*Looming typhoon takes aim on storm-battered Philippines*

MANILA, Philippines — Officials told residents still reeling from mudslides
that recently buried hundreds in the northern Philippine mountains to be
ready to abandon their homes again if a storm approaching Friday becomes the
third typhoon in a month to hit the country.

The warning came after back-to-back storms since Sept. 26 caused the worst
flooding in 40 years in and around the capital Manila and unleashed
landslides in the Cordillera mountains in the north of the country, killing
773 people and affecting more than 7 million.

Tropical Storm Lupit may intensify into a super typhoon by the time it makes
landfall next week with winds up to 143 miles (230 kilometers) per hour,
forecasters said. It was expected to enter Philippine waters late Friday.

“We are still retrieving our dead and here comes (Lupit),” Gov. Nestor
Fongwan of Benguet province said in a radio interview. “I hope it does not
hit us.”

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