 NOTE: This page still under construction
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 UPDATE: Landfall is being reported at
Aurora-Quezon Province at about
6PM Local Time on 9/26/2009
| "Ketsana" Hits the Philippines
Manila = UTC /GMT + 8 hours
Best Time So Far:
- Ketsana hit land early on Saturday with winds said to be only 53 mph with gusts up to 63 mph:
- The power went out in Manila between
4:00PM & 4:30PM Local Time
on Saturday, Sept 26, 2009
- Then in the late evening ... it got worse
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| The Streets of Manila: 26 Sept 2009 |
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- Typhoon Ketsana has inundated the Philippines; Sept. 27/28th.
- 13 inches of rainfall fell in 6 hours. Manila received over 20 inches of rain. 300 are homeless and several killed.
- The worse flooding for Manila in 42 years.
- Manila is home to more than 11 million people.
- This Storm is now headed across the South China Sea and is expected to make landfall in Vietnam.
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- 160 Dead & Missing so far. The worse flooding in 42 years. Army troops, police & civilian volunteers rescued 5,000 people from roof-tops & from tops of buses.
- Landslides in northern Pampanga and Bulacan Provinces.
- Rescuers are dying trying to save villagers.
- More than a month's worth of rain fell in just 12 hours. Landslides have killed at least 52 people. Some marooned people are even hanging onto high-voltage power line poles.
300,000 people have been
affected by "Ketsana".
- "We're back to zero" said one Marikina resident. Mud covers everything. Distress calls and e-mails came from thousands of residents in Manila, the airport was shut down for several hours. Garbage fills the drains and waterways.
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| Indonesia & Phlippines: Click Image to Enlarge - 400,000 HOMELESS: A STATE OF CALAMITY DECLARED - PARMA MAY BE HEADED BACK TO THE PHILLIPINES- WATER STILL WAIST DEEP, RAIN CONSTANT |
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| Some Earthquakes That Generated Tsunamis |
2007
- Sept: Sumatra - 7.8
Sumatra - 8.4
- April: Solomon
Islands - 8.1
2006
July: Java - 6.1
2004
Dec: Indian Ocean - 9.0
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1998
July: New Guinea - 7.0
1992
Dec: Flores - Tremor + Tsunami
1976
Aug: Philippines - 8.0
1964
March: Prince William Sound, Alaska - 9.2
1946
April: Unimak Islands, Alaska - 8.1
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1896
June - Honshu - 7.6
1883
Aug: Krakatoa Eruption
1868
April: Hawaii - 7.9
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PAST EVENTS WITH TSUNAMIS
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| Satellite Views of Cyclones of 2009 - 2010 |
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| Click Image to Enlarge: NEPARTAK |
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| Click Image to Enlarge: PARMA |
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| Click to Enlarge: MIRINAE |
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| Click Image to Enlarge: MIRINAE |
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| Click Image to Enlarge: MIRINAE - 90 Dead, 22 Missing.... tens of thousands stranded & hundreds of homes destroyed in central Vietnam |
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| Click Image to Enlarge Hurricane IDA |
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