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NASA: Philippines’ overlapping cyclones ‘unusual’

At 8:55 a.m. on November 11, NASA’s EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) imager on the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) satellite observed 4 cyclones that were either approaching the Philippines or had already passed over the the country.  NASA 

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Jamaine Punzalan

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:924px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1731626132181NASA-Philippines.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">At 8:55 a.m. on November 11, NASA’s EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) imager on the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) satellite observed 4 cyclones that were either approaching the Philippines or had already passed over the the country. <em> NASA</em> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The string of storms that simultaneously swirled near the Philippines this November was “unusual”, NASA said. </p><p>NASA on Thursday shared a satellite image that showed tropical cyclones Marce, Nika, Ofel, and Pepito lining up in the western Pacific on Nov. 11.</p><p>At that time, the cyclones were either approaching the Philippines or had already passed over Luzon. </p><p>“In an unusual sight, four storms churned simultaneously in the Western Pacific Ocean in November 2024,&quot; NASA said. </p><p>&quot;The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that it was the first time since records began in 1951 that so many storms co-existed in the Pacific basin in November,” it added. </p><p>Typhoon season in the West Pacific stretches across the entire year, but most storms form between May and October, NASA noted. </p><p>“November typically sees three named storms, with one becoming a super typhoon, based on the 1991-2000 average,” it added. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/14/from-kristine-to-pepito-6-cyclones-batter-ph-one-after-another-2209">From Kristine to Pepito: 6 cyclones batter PH one after another</a></div><p>The Philippines’ brutal wave of weather disasters has already killed 159 people and   <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/evacuations-call-for-aid-as-typhoon-ofel-approaches-philippines-1316"></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/evacuations-call-for-aid-as-typhoon-ofel-approaches-philippines-1316">prompted the United Nations to request $32.9 million in aid</a> for the worst-affected regions.</span></p><p>Marce hit northern Luzon on November 7. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/8/bagyong-marce-nagdulot-ng-matinding-pinsala-sa-paaalan-sa-cagayan-2307">Bagyong Marce nagdulot ng matinding pinsala sa paaralan sa Cagayan</a><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/8/philippines-cleans-up-after-typhoon-marce-slams-north-coast-1224">Philippines cleans up after typhoon Marce slams north coast</a></span></div><p>Four days later, Nika slammed into Aurora province, where it unleashed flooding and brought power outages. It also spawned landslides that buried roads in the Cordilleras. </p><div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABQKH5Ezp555rE2H&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></div><p>Ofel on Thursday slammed into the Philippines&#x27; already disaster-ravaged north,   <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/14/thousands-flee-as-typhoon-ofel-hits-northern-philippines-1613"></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/14/thousands-flee-as-typhoon-ofel-hits-northern-philippines-1613">prompting thousands to evacuate</a></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p>Meanwhile, Pepito will continuously intensify and reach super typhoon strength by Saturday. It may make landfall at peak intensity over eastern Bicol or Central Luzon this weekend, PAGASA said. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/14/pepito-nears-super-typhoon-strength-ofel-weakens-622">Pepito nears super typhoon strength; Ofel weakens</a></div><p>This was similar to the path of last month&#x27;s Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, which accounted for most of the deaths tallied in the recent swarm of weather disasters to hit the country.</p><p>&quot;Typhoons are overlapping. As soon as communities attempt to recover from the shock, the next tropical storm is already hitting them again,&quot; said Gustavo Gonzalez, the UN&#x27;s humanitarian coordinator in the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;In this context, the response capacity gets exhausted and budgets depleted.&quot;</p><p>A UN assessment of the past month&#x27;s weather disasters said 207,000 houses had been damaged or destroyed, and nearly 700,000 people were seeking temporary shelter.</p><p>Many families were without even essentials like sleeping mats, hygiene kits, and cooking supplies, and had limited access to safe drinking water, it said.</p><p>The storms destroyed thousands of hectares of farmland and persistent flooding is likely to delay replanting efforts and worsen food supply problems, the report added.</p><p>About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the archipelago nation or its surrounding waters each year, killing scores of people and keeping millions in enduring poverty.</p><p>A recent study showed that storms in the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly and lasting longer over land due to climate change.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/3/supercharged-storms-how-climate-change-amplifies-cyclones-1256">Supercharged storms: how climate change amplifies cyclones</a></div>

<p>The string of storms that simultaneously swirled near the Philippines this November was “unusual”, NASA said.</p>

The string of storms that simultaneously swirled near the Philippines this November was “unusual”, NASA said.

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NASA: Philippines’ overlapping cyclones ‘unusual’

Jamaine Punzalan,

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Published November 15, 2024 07:15 AM PHT

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Updated November 15, 2024 12:17 PM PHT

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