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A Call for Donations to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
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Monday November 11, 2013 12:18 by Akbayan (Citizens Action Party)
Akbayan Partylist, through its #Akbayanihan Relief Drive, is again calling on the public for donations and volunteers to help the victims of super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). According to reports, the storm’s path decimated entire towns leaving hundreds of thousands of families displaced and injured, with the death toll expected to climb as high as 10,000. |
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Jump To Comment: 1Whilst this may detract from the appeals for help, it has a bearing on determining when a typhoon like Haiyan is likely to strike again.
The sea surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean have been abnormally hot this year and one of the key drivers of source of energy for a hurricane is the temperature of the sea because this allows more water to evaporate and it is when the water vapor condenses a while later back into water, it releases that heat again and hurricanes are basically huge heat engines. In fact a water temperature of 26 deg Celsius is considered the trigger.
Robert Fannéy (the science fiction writer who has an interest in science) reports on his blog and is reported elsewhere that this was possibly the strongest hurricane/typhoon ever recorded.
He writes:
So as we can see these high temperatures do not bode well and very strongly point to a high probability of this happening again.
This is not good news for the people in that part of the world.
Seasonal Ocean Surface Temps, Average Value, August-November, 2013. Image Source: NOAA