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Largest and Most Intense Tropical Cyclone On Record Hits the Philippines

Posted by Soulskill on from the be-safe dept.

mrspoonsi writes "A monstrous storm has arisen in the Western Pacific. The storm, called 'Supter-Typhoon Haiyan', has become the year's most intense. It bore down on the central Philippines this morning, packing winds up to 195 mph (314 km/h), with gusts up to 235 mph (378 km/h), threatening massive damage and sending over 100,000 people into evacuation centers. (Animation of landfall.) Flood waters went as high as 10 feet. The secretary general of the Philippine National Red Cross said, 'About 90% of the infrastructure and establishments were heavily damaged.'"

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  1. Typhoons are ranked my pressure, not winds by xmas2003 · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the article:

    It's estimated central pressure is 899 mb but it could be lower. The lower the pressure the stronger the storm. Since 1987, there have been only four storms in the western Pacific with a central pressure below 899 mb (Megi in 2010, 885 mb; Flo in 1990 890 mb; Ruth in 1991 895 mb; and Yuri in 1991 895 mb)

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  2. Re:oh noes by captainpanic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would say that a huge storm that can possibly make millions of people homeless, and kill thousands would definitely fit the description "stuff that matters".

  3. Re:Manbearpig in 5...4...3... by fermion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. Obama created this storm to destroy his Kenyan birth certificate that his mother secreted at an Indonesia Bank as it was foretold by a witch doctor before his birth that he would one day be president and it would be necessary to conspire to plant a fake birth certificate and an announcement in a Hawaii while securely deposited the real documents in a place far from the reach of the Fancy Haired One that would someday come searching for it. This not so farfetched. I have seen many claims that this supernatural powered president created Sandy to win the election. Two Sup(t)er Storms! How grand.

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  4. Re:Manbearpig in 5...4...3... by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Interesting,eh? This is when Slashdot moderation gets scary.

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  5. Re:Not for anything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just hope the red light cameras get knocked out first. I'd hate to see the ticket when my car gets blown through a red light when moving near 200MPH!