‘Yolanda’ remembered; ‘storm surge’ warning unheeded MBOpinions READ:
Nine years ago on Nov. 8, Typhoon Yolanda swept across the Visayas and Palawan. In terms of one-minute sustained winds, as estimated by the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Weather Center, it was the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2013. In 2020, typhoon Goni’s stronger sustained winds relegated Yolanda to being the second strongest land falling tropical cyclone on record.
“As you know, Yolanda has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. As with last year’s Typhoon Pablo, I thought it best to speak to you to emphasize the gravity of the calamity our countrymen will face in these coming days, and to ask of everyone cooperation and solidarity. Storm surge was acknowledged in the disaster risk reduction management plan of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It is known as the Philippines’ “eastern gateway” as it is often the first province on which typhoons make landfall. Guiuan’s local officials cobbled together a DRRM plan that included emergency provisions and contingencies. Surprisingly, however, Guiuan’s DRRM plan makes no mention of storm surge.
“According to the stride team of PAGASA the recorded height of the storm surge in the province of Samar specifically in the two coastal barangays of Basey reached up to 5.39 to 5.53 meters. The surge barreled everything on its path, it destroyed even the concrete houses and two-story buildings near the coastline. Emphasis supplied.)
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