Date: October 01, 2009 at 13:37:41
From: Rhanie, [120-16-217.124.adsl-pool.digitelone.com]
URL: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20091001-227786/Palace-calls-for-prayers-as-new-storm-enters-RP
Subject: Re: den muesst ihr euch geben

Hallo! Philippinische Regierung tut ihr bestes gegen die Taifune: Palace calls for prayers as new storm enters RP By Alcuin Papa, Christian V. Esguerra Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 03:11:00 10/01/2009 Filed Under: Weather, Ondoy, Flood, Government MANILA, Philippines—The prospect of yet another tropical storm like “Ondoy” (international codename: Ketsana) hitting the Philippines next week has worried Malacañang that it is calling for prayers for the weather disturbance to spare the country. Tropical Storm “Pepeng” (international codename: Parma) has intensified into a typhoon and entered the country’s area of responsibility Wednesday afternoon. As if this were not enough, another tropical storm is moving toward the Philippines. This other weather system has been given the international name “Melor” and is located in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines and is closing in on the Marianas Islands on Wednesday afternoon. Overworked Admitting that the government’s disaster management system was already “overworked,” Anthony Golez, deputy presidential spokesperson, Wednesday said the country could not afford to face another calamity too soon. “Coming to mind another disaster of the same magnitude, the systems of the disaster management office in the country would be doubly overworked,” said Golez, also the deputy administrator of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC). “So let us just hope that scenario will not happen and we’ll just pray that the entire country will be spared from such a disaster,” he added. The country is bracing for the possibility that the weather disturbance that entered the Philippine area of responsibility Wednesday would develop into a strong typhoon. Golez said the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) had been instructed to come up with hourly weather bulletins. Gusts of 150 kph In its weather update at 11 p.m. Wednesday, PAGASA said Pepeng was located 750 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 135 kilometers per hour near the center with gustiness of up to 160 kph. It is moving west northwest at 26 kph. Pepeng is expected to be 440 kilometers east of Virac, Catanduanes, by Thursday evening, 250 kilometers north northeast of Virac by Friday afternoon and 270 kilometers north of Casiguran, Aurora, or 80 kilometers east northeast of Aparri, Cagayan, by Saturday evening. The agency said Pepeng was still too far to affect the country. Monitor weather bulletins Prisco Nilo, the head of PAGASA, advised the public to watch out for weather bulletins from PAGASA on Pepeng. “What we can do is to continue monitoring the developments so we can plan our appropriate actions from there,” he said. Nathaniel Cruz, PAGASA director for operations, said there was a “big possibility” Pepeng could intensify into a supertyphoon. On its website, PAGASA said Wednesday afternoon the cyclone was still too far to affect the country. Cruz said there were no signs yet Pepeng posed a threat to Metro Manila, where Ondoy dumped record rains on Saturday causing heavy floods and killing hundreds of people in the metropolis and neighboring provinces. Northern Luzon Nilo told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that Pepeng was tracking a west northwest route and was heading for the general direction of northern Luzon and Taiwan. But he said it could make landfall in two or three days in northern Luzon, or at least affect the region with rains and thunderstorms. “It could still change direction,” Nilo said. He added that there was also the possibility that the storm could head toward Central Luzon. Na das is doch was, oder? Samstag frueh solen hier 2 Taifune ankommen einer cat4 der andere cat5, ich bin gespannt. War heute uebrigens zu hause, nachdem ich mir bei der planscherei doch glatt was eingefangen habe, jetzt duerfen die anderen erstmal alleine spielen. In den am schlimmsten betroffenen Regionen in Vietnam und auf den Philippinen waren am Donnerstag noch Tausende obdachlos. Weit über 300 Menschen sind ertrunken oder wurden von einstürzenden Gebäuden erschlagen. Auf den Philippinen drohte am Donnerstag schon die nächste Katastrophe: Vor der Nordostküste tobte Taifun «Parma». Die Chancen, dass das Unwetter an dem gebeutelten Inselstaat vorbeizieht, seien gering, teilte der nationale Wetterdienst mit. Click here to find out more! «Parma» rast mit Windgeschwindigkeiten von 175 Kilometern in der Stunde heran und ist damit weitaus gefährlicher als «Ketsana». Dabei hatte dieser Tropensturm in Manila und der Umgebung bereits die schlimmsten Überschwemmungen seit 40 Jahren verursacht. Mehr als 270 Menschen kamen ums Leben. Der neue Taifun soll am Samstag die Provinz Aurora im Nordwesten des Inselstaates erreichen. «Lasst uns Vorbereitungen treffen und beten», sagte Chefmeteorologe Nathaniel Cruz. Gruss Rhanie.