"Nature and man together cooked up the disaster in the Philippines. Geography, meteorology, poverty, shoddy construction, a booming population, and, to a much lesser degree, climate change combine to make the Philippines the nation most vulnerable to killer typhoons, according to several scientific studies."
"And Typhoon Haiyan was one mighty storm.
Haiyan slammed the island nation with a storm surge two stories high and some of the highest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone — 195 mph as clocked by U.S. satellites, or 147 mph based on local reports. An untold number of homes were blown away, and thousands of people are feared dead.
'You have a very intense event hitting a very susceptible part of the world. It's that combination of nature and man,' said MIT tropical meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel. 'If one of those ingredients were missing, you wouldn't have a disaster.'"
Seth Borenstein reports for the Associated Press November 11, 2013.
SEE ALSO:
"Typhoon Haiyan: Is An Era of Super Storms Upon Us?" (Christian Science Monitor)
"Typhoon Haiyan Highlights Global Cost of Climate Change" (Aljazera America)
"Storms Are Inevitable; Devastation Doesn't Have To Be." (Knight Science Journalism Tracker)
Comment: "Typhoon Haiyan: This Is a Climate Crime" (Sydney Morning Herald)
"Question Time: No Link Between Climate Change And Typhoon Haiyan, Says Lord Lawson" (Express)
"Did Climate Change Cause Typhoon Haiyan?" (Aljazeera)
"Climate Change Makes Super Typhoons Worse, Says UN Meteorological Agency" (Australian ABC)
Opinion: "Typhoon Haiyan's Havoc Will Not Impress Climate Change Deniers" (Los Angeles Times)
"The New Normal: Climate Ambulance Chasing" (Discover)
"Letter to Keith Kloor re: ‘Climate Ambulance Chasing’" (Discover: Tom Yulsman)
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