A fire volunteer died when he was hit by a block of concrete while hauling down a Philippine flag in suburban Pasig city, said Francis Tolentino, chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.A 25-year-old woman was killed in the Northern Samar province when she was hit by a fallen power post, according to the nation's Natural Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center. He said it could regain strength while crossing the South China Sea. Glenda, was intensifying rapidly as it approached landfall, with its central atmospheric pressure — a key metric of storm intensity — dropping from 965 millibars to 945 millibars in just three hours, according to Jeff Masters of Track forecast for Typhoon Rammasun (known as Glenda in the Philippines). It landed as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, with maximum sustained winds of about 125 miles per hour. On his blog, Masters said:Flooding is already occurring in Manila, and flood and wind damage in the city have to potential to make Rammasun one of the top ten most expensive natural disasters in Philippine history. Another storm named Matmo came ashore in southeastern China today after passing across Taiwan overnight. Many fallen trees also blocked roads in her town of 80,000 people.A landslide in Quezon forced 21 families to evacuate, although no one was hurt, according to the Natural Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center. It continued the same evening into Catanauan, Quezon, and traversed the Northern Capital Region …
In Batangas province, a woman and her son were killed after being struck by lightning in Nasugbu town on Monday evening, according to GMA News Online. Flooding in the Leyte province m ade several bridges unpassable.In Batangas City, the Calumpang bridge was washed out by a swelling river. Typhoon Rammasun, known as Glenda in the Philippines, is threatening to become the most intense storm on record to make a direct hit on Manila. A super typhoon slammed into China on Friday as the government ordered an all-out effort to prevent loss of life from a storm that has already killed at least 64 people in the Philippines. Typhoon Rammasun (locally known as Glenda) made landfall over Lapu-Lapu in Albay province in the east of the Philippines in the late afternoon of Tuesday, 15 July. Mudslides from Mayon volcano buried villages during a 2006 typhoon and left about 1,600 people dead and missing. Rammasun had destructive impacts across the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam in July 2014. Typhoon Rammasun — called Glenda in the Philippines — has left at least at least 20 people dead and thousands without power. Rammasun made landfall at Wenchang city on south China's island province of Hainan on Friday afternoon. TYPHOON RAMMASUN (GLENDA) UPDATE NUMBER 006 Issued at: 6:30 PM PhT (10:30 GMT) Monday 14 July 2014 Next Update: 12:00 AM PhT (16:00 GMT) Tuesday 15 July 2014 RAMMASUN (GLENDA) has rapidly strengthened into a Typhoon while moving west-southwestward during the past 6 hours...endangers Bicol Region and Northern Samar. Mashable, MashBash and Mashable House are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis, LLC and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. Thousands have reportedly fled their homes in provinces outside Manila, and the city is preparing for a storm surge of 10 feet or more. July 15, 2014 Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda clear eye Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda is in the Gulf of Albay and shows a clear eye. Typhoon Rammasun, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Glenda, was one of only two category 5 super typhoons on record in the South China Sea, with the other being Pamela in 1954. "I got scared because our house was being pounded by strong wind and rain. The center had forecasted that the storm would make landfall as a Category One or Two storm, with significantly lower impacts in terms of winds and storm surge. If Rammasun maintains its intensity for several more hours — which is not a sure bet — it could become the most intense typhoon to make a direct hit on Manila, a flood-prone metro area of 12 million people.
The storm is now slowly weakening from interaction with the mountainous areas of the northern Philippines as it churns west-northwest toward the heavily populated and low-lying Manila metro region. But Manila, the capital city home to 12 million people, was spared when winds shifted, officials said.The typhoon weakened before it blew out of the country Wednesday, heading toward northern Vietnam or China's Hainan Island, forecaster Jori Loiz said.
The storm had vigorous equatorward and westward outflow.
We went and got drenched in the rain," Lucille Navarro, a 35-year-old mother of two, said by cellphone from a crowded evacuation shelter in Albay's Daraga town, where she brought her son and daughter.Rammasun, the Thai term for god of thunder, is the seventh storm to batter the Philippines this year.
Super Typhoon Rammasun, 09W, of the 2014 West Pacific Typhoon Season. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM. MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – Numerous provinces and cities remained without power even after Typhoon Glenda (Rammasun) left Philippine soil, leaving behind at least 40 dead. After rapidly intensifying on Monday night, Typhoon Rammasun, which is known as "Glenda" in the Philippines, made landfall near Sorsogon, Philippines, on the southeastern part of Luzon Island, at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, local time. The storm is now moving towards the cities of Iriga and Naga. (Reuters) According to NOAA's historical hurricane web page, the strongest typhoon ever to make a direct hit on Manila was Typhoon Angela of 1995, which was a strong Cat 1 or weak Cat 2 when it passed over the city (sustained winds of 90 - 105 mph, according to JTWC's annual report).Rammasun was the first typhoon to strike the Philippines since Super Typhoon Haiyan hit in November 2013, killing more than 5,000.After crossing the Philippines, Rammasun is destined for a second landfall in southwest China near Hainan Island on Friday, followed by a third landfall near Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday or Saturday.
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