SUPERTYPHOONMEGI(MEANSCATFISHINKOREAN.ppt

2009’s PARMA: MUD FLOWS; OCT 12 2009’s MIRINAE: NOV 2 Initial estimates indicate that Megi destroyed/damaged over 6,100 homes. Initial estimates indicate that Megi’s damage to infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries and schools in the Philippines reached 1.4 billion Philippine pesos $32 million . . Loss of communications made it impossible at first to estimate casualties, but data later indicated that loss of life was only about twenty-two people. . The apparent low death toll appears to have been the result of the Philippines Governments timely preparations for the storm. . MEGI: FORCAST TO REACH CHINA ON OCTOBER 22 The forecast was for Typhoon Megi to move to Taiwan and then towards the southern coast of China and Hong Kong, where rainfall since Sept. 30th had already caused authorities to evacuate 140,000 from Hainan Island. LANDSLIDES - SUHUA HIGHWAY, TAIWAN: OCT 21 HELICOPTER RESCUE FROM SUHUA HIGHWAY: OCT 21 BUT… the Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration PAGASA was concerned that two high pressure ridges might cause Typhoon Megi to stall or even to make a U- turn and return to the Philippines. While China evacuated 160,000 people and called in fishing boats before the expected onslaught of Megi on Friday Oct 22nd , the storm brought heavy rainfall to Taiwan on Thursday Oct 21st , which led to severe flooding and rock falls.  10,000 BOATS RECALLED IN FUJIAN PROVINCE: OCT 21 Although a little later arriving than initially forecast, Megi made landfall in Zhangzhou City in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian at 12:55 p.m. Saturday, October 23, 2010  272,300 were evacuated to safe havens before Megi’s arrival. The storm is expected to move northward at 10 km per hour as it weakens and to dump an additional 100 mm or more of rain during the next 12 hours in addition to the 200-300 mm or more that has already fallen in a broad area. As a result of preparations in Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang