Speech of Philippines delegate in COP 19 (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, 11-22Nov2013)

You can read more on COP 19 here

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH stormwatch (12Nov2013) : Weather hotspots in our region

1. More storms heading into Central Philippines even after Super Typhoon HAIYAN devastated much of the area.
2. Well marked low pressure in the Bay of Bengal, will intensify into a depression by tomorrow.
Image Source : IR of 1745h /12Nov2013 taken from here

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

STH stormwatch (07Nov2013) : A Mother of all Typhoons over the Philippines

Super Typhoon Haiyan is the strongest typhoon/storm of the year 2013 and as I write it is about to make landfall over Philippines, even as the typhoon season is drawing to a close.
It packs windspeeds of over 240km an hour and storm surges are expected to be over 5m (15ft) high . What is most distressing is it comes after the island has been lashed repeatedly by typhoons and a 7.2R quake rattled some parts of the island nation on 15Oct2013 causing death and huge fissures where water ingress would have deadly consequences.

Links for maps:-
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Lower


Praful Rao
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling