New typhoon likely to strike Philippines / Typhoon Washi aftermath

New typhoon likely to strike Philippines / Typhoon Washi aftermath

Meteorologists in the Philippines warn about the possibility of a new storm – just days after a powerful typhoon claimed the lives of more tahn 1,500 people. According to forecasts, on Monday night Mindanao island will have some 20 inches of precipitation. PAGASA

NASA’s TRMM satellite measured Sendong’s deadly rainfall

NASA’s TRMM satellite measured Sendong’s deadly rainfall

NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was providing forecasters with the rate in which rainfall was occurring in Tropical Storm Sendong (Washi) over the last week, and now TRMM data has been compiled to show rainfall totals over the devastated

Typhoon Sendong (Washi) washed away entire villages in south Philippines

Typhoon Sendong (Washi) washed away entire villages in south Philippines

Entire villages were washed away when tropical storm Sendong (Washi) whipped south Philippines in early hours of Saturday, leaving a trail of flattened homes, broken bridges and upended vehicles in the poverty-stricken country. Sendong killed more than 650 people in

Tropical storm “Sendong” on path to Philippines

Tropical storm “Sendong” on path to Philippines

Tropical storm “Sendong” could set sights on the southern Philippines by Friday if the latest Pacific tropical cyclone develops according to forecasts. The likely path and strength of this weather system would make for damaging wind and flooding rain reaching