Topic 5
Typhoon Effects Series
Tropical Cyclones do damage to homes, buildings, infrastructures, and livelihoods with strong winds, disastrous flooding and landslides that comes along with the torrential rainfall, coastal flooding and erosion due to the storm surge.
Today we will deal with the Storm Surge, the most underestimated but the highest damaging part of a landfalling typhoon.
Today we will deal with the Storm Surge, the most underestimated but the highest damaging part of a landfalling typhoon.
Sources:
English version Wikipedia - Tropical Cyclones portal
Philippine Government Page, gov.ph
Philippine Weather Bureau, PAGASA
Weather Underground
Images from NRL Monterey, NOAA TRMM Rainfall Measuring Mission
Video Courtesy of: BA Racoma of NOAH-ASTI of DOST and James Reynolds of Earth Uncut Productions
English version Wikipedia - Tropical Cyclones portal
Philippine Government Page, gov.ph
Philippine Weather Bureau, PAGASA
Weather Underground
Images from NRL Monterey, NOAA TRMM Rainfall Measuring Mission
Video Courtesy of: BA Racoma of NOAH-ASTI of DOST and James Reynolds of Earth Uncut Productions