Philippines hurricanes and floods Victims rises

The number of victims of storms and flooding in the southern Philippines reached more than 1,000 people and rescue workers continued to search for the bodies of victims. Local officials said they expect the numbers will continue to rise in the coming days.

President Benigno Aquino who visited the affected areas in Mindanao island Tuesday (20/12), said officials have an obligation to find out why so many victims died and why there is no coordination of disaster management. "If we want this tragedy as the last one, we need to learn from our mistakes," Aquino said in a meeting in the coastal city of Cagayan de Oro.

He instituted this great floods a national disaster so there will be a special budget allocation for the handling of post-disaster. Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes still live in temporary refugee camps. The government conducts relief operations for an estimated 300,000 people affected by floods.

The BBC in Cagayan de Oro, one of the areas most severely hit by floods, said the food aid supply is sufficient, but the flood victims are in need of clean water and medicine.
'Cemetery worthy'

Funeral mass was conducted in a number of places and many of those angry because the corpses go unpunished. Mayor of Cagayan de Oro, Vicente Emano said the bodies removed from residential areas into one place vacant while waiting for decent burial place.

However, a villager who claimed to find lost relatives who are very "concerned."

"They treat the body like an animal and let them in the hot sun without a cover."

In Iligan, another town that was flooded, the government began a burial that is not sought after by relatives.

"We moved the bodies to a safe place so it does not threaten public health," said Iligan Mayor Lawrence Cruz told Reuters news agency.

He told the AFP news agency that the DNA samples and fingerprints taken from the bodies before burial separately.

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Video Of Tropical Storm Washi Philippines

Tropical storm Washi has devastated coastal areas of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, Philippines.The view from a storm Washi very sad. Homes were destroyed, the tree collapsed and cars were overturned. Residents who lost their homes were forced to take shelter in refugee camps.

Based on the record of the Philippine Red Cross, until Monday, December 19, 2011, the death toll from the storm Washi reached 652 people. The possibility of the death toll to rise. Section, 900 people are reported missing has not been known to live or die.

Washi storm has passed the southern Philippines on Monday morning local time. More than 135 thousand inhabitants the second largest island in the Philippines affected by the storm is expected, and 47 thousand of whom were in evacuation centers, as published by CNN.

The government says the survivors are now really need clean water, medicines, and more shelters. United States and China has offered assistance to provide food assistance, clothing, shelter, and energy to assist in the rescue. Filipinos can breathe a little sigh of relief because the Board of Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Philippines did not issue a storm warning of aftershocks. However, they still have to clean up the devastated areas after the storm.

Areas most severely affected by floods is Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, where many houses are swept away by floods that rush when you're fast asleep. The Philippine government said was criticized for being less intense storm warning. See the video area of ​​Iligan and Cagayan de Oro that the storm-ravaged

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An Earthquake Bombarded Three Asian Country

An Earthquake Bombarded Asia , Manila , Japan , China this three asian country was bombarded by an earthquake today. An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale rocked the East China Sea, at 10:59 pm Beijing time on Tuesday (8 / 11). Similarly, reported China Earthquake Network Center (Cenc).

The epicenter is known to have a depth of 220 kilometers was recorded at 27.7 degrees north latitude and 125.9 degrees east latitude. The earthquake was located about 270 kilometers of the Diaoyu Islands, 480 kilometers from Taipei, and 520 kilometers from the city of Wenzhou in eastern Zhejiang Province.

TOKYO, An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale (SR) shook the waters of Okinawa Island, Japan, Tuesday (08/11/2011). However, there is no concern about the tsunami, the agency said the U.S. and Japan. The quake occurred in the East China Sea, 218 kilometers west of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Earthquake sources exist at a depth of 222 kilometers.

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage caused by the earthquake which occurred at 11:59 local time. Japan, located at the junction of four tectonic plates, has 20 percent of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the earth every year. The tsunami disaster on March 11 resulted in about 22,000 people dead or missing, and triggered a crisis in the nuclear power plant in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power, in the northeast of the country.

MANILA - The earthquake that struck the southern Philippine city wounded at least 10 people and destroyed 25 homes and shops, said the rescue team, today. An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck the small town of Valencia on Mindanao island on Monday and menghancurksn 23 homes, a hardware store and a grocery store in this town of 150,000 people, the local civil defense office said.

The victims were due to hit objects and debris that fell when the earthquake occurred at 17:43 local time (16:43 GMT), but none were seriously injured, said a civil defense official. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale while the Filipino seismologists said the quake was magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale.

Winchell Sevilla, a seismologist at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in Manila, said the quake was caused by a local movement of about one kilometer below the earth's surface. "The movement is very shallow and even 5.2 on the Richter scale of energy released can cause damage stout," he told AFP.

Sevilla said the quake was felt in other areas on the island of Mindanao, although there were no immediate reports-lapora more about the damage. Philippines is located in the "Network Earthquake" Pacific - a network around the Pacific Ocean yag characterized by active volcanoes and long trenches on the ocean floor tectonics, in which frequent eruptions and earthquakes.

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Does Bali earthquakes Will Spread Throughout The Others Indonesian islands

The shock of the earthquake that occurred in Bali twice on Thursday, October 13 yesterday, causing 71 buildings on the island is corrupt. Public fear of earthquakes Bali will soon spread throughout the island in few days, this is because Indonesia is famous for the effects of successive earthquakes.

A total of 39 houses damaged inhabitants mild-moderate, 16 mild-moderate schools were damaged, slightly damaged four houses of worship, 7 slightly damaged a government office, two shops were slightly damaged, and 3 hospitals / health centers.

Previously, two earthquakes rocked Bali. The first quake occurred at approximately 10:16 pm with the strength of SR 6.8. Earthquake centers dotted in 143 kilometers southwest of Nusa Dua with coordinates 9.89 degrees south latitude and 114.53 degrees east longitude.

While the second quake occurred at 14:52 pm with the strength of SR 5.6. The point of the quake was at 9.76 LS, BT 114.53 or 131 kilometers badat power Nusa Dua, Bali.

There are an issues about the massive earthquake that will hit Jakarta, of course, geologists have a different view with psychics perspective. Geologists claim is difficult to predict when the time of the earthquake in a region, including to determine when Jakarta will be hit by a large magnitude earthquake.

A number of psychics predict there will be a more powerful earthquake followed by tsunami that hit Jakarta.

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The sea ice is not only declining, it is becoming more drastic

The sea ice is not only declining, the pace of the decline is becoming more drastic, The older, thicker ice is declining faster than the rest, making for a more vulnerable perennial ice cover. the continued low minimum sea ice levels fits into the large-scale decline pattern that scientists have watched unfold over the past three decades" said Joey Comiso, senior scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in Boulder showed that the summertime sea ice cover narrowly avoided a new record low.

The Arctic ice cap grows each winter as the sun sets for several months and shrinks each summer as the sun rises higher in the northern sky. Each year the Arctic sea ice reaches its annual minimum extent in September. It hit a record low in 2007.

While the sea ice extent did not dip below the 2007 record, the sea ice area as measured by the microwave radiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite did drop slightly lower than 2007 levels for about 10 days in early September, Comiso said. Sea ice "area" differs from extent in that it equals the actual surface area covered by ice, while extent includes any area where ice covers at least 15 percent of the ocean.

This summer's low ice extent continued the downward trend seen over the last 30 years, which scientists attribute largely to warming temperatures caused by climate change. Data show that Arctic sea ice has been declining both in extent and thickness. Since 1979, September Arctic sea ice extent has declined by 12 percent per decade.

"The oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic continues to decline, especially in the Beaufort Sea and the Canada Basin," NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve said. "This appears to be an important driver for the low sea ice conditions over the past few summers."

Climate models have suggested that the Arctic could lose almost all of its summer ice cover by 2100, but in recent years, ice extent has declined faster than the models predicted.

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About Earth

Earth (or the Earth) is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the World, the Blue Planet, or by its Latin name, Terra.

Home to millions of species including humans, Earth is currently the only place where life is known to exist. The planet formed 4.54 billion years ago, and life appeared on its surface within a billion years. Earth's biosphere has significantly altered the atmosphere and other abiotic conditions on the planet, enabling the proliferation of aerobic organisms as well as the formation of the ozone layer which, together with Earth's magnetic field, blocks harmful solar radiation, permitting life on land.The physical properties of the Earth, as well as its geological history and orbit, have allowed life to persist during this period. The planet is expected to continue supporting life for at least another 500 million years.

  
Earth is the third planet from the Sun

The Earth's average distance from the Sun is 149,597,890 km (92,955,820 miles) or one astronomical unit (AU). Located between Venus and Mars, some people have called it the "third rock from the sun."  Our planet's rapid spin and molten nickel-iron core give rise to a magnetic field, which the solar wind distorts into a teardrop shape. The magnetic field does not fade off into space, but has definite boundaries. Just like the field around a magnet, ours is also polarized. When charged particles from the solar wind become trapped in Earth's magnetic field, they collide with air molecules above our planet's magnetic poles. These air molecules then begin to glow and are known as the aurorae, or the Northern and Southern Lights. 

earth's atmosphere is 77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, with traces of argon, carbon dioxide and water. This atmosphere affects Earth's long-term climate and short-term local weather; shields us from nearly all harmful radiation coming from the Sun; and protects us from meteors as well - most of which burn up before they can strike the surface. All of the things we need to survive are provided under a thin layer of atmosphere that separates us from the uninhabitable void of space. Earth is made up of complex, interactive systems that are often unpredictable. Air, water, land, and life - including humans - combine forces to create a constantly changing world that we are striving to understand.

Our close proximity prevents us from seeing Earth in its entirety To completely view our own planet, we must leave its surface and journey into space. From the vantage point of space we are able to observe our planet globally, as we do other planets, using similar sensitive instruments to understand the delicate balance among its oceans, air, land, and life. Viewing Earth from the unique perspective of space provides the opportunity to see Earth as a whole. Scientists around the world have discovered many things about our planet by working together and sharing their findings.

Earth interacts with other objects in space, especially the Sun and the Moon. At present, Earth orbits the Sun once for every roughly 366.26 times it rotates about its axis, which is equal to 365.26 solar days, or one sidereal year.The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23.4° away from the perpendicular to its orbital plane, producing seasonal variations on the planet's surface with a period of one tropical year (365.24 solar days). Earth's only known natural satellite, the Moon, which began orbiting it about 4.53 billion years ago, provides ocean tides, stabilizes the axial tilt and gradually slows the planet's rotation. Between approximately 3.8 billion and 4.1 billion years ago, numerous asteroid impacts during the Late Heavy Bombardment caused significant changes to the greater surface environment.

EarthFacts.net holds a collection of facts about the planet Earth and some of the lifeforms living on it, as well as some creatures that no longer exist on Earth. We know more today than ever before about our planet Earth and what’s going on around us. Science is always continuing to connect the dots through Earth research, study, and experimentation. As technology advances, we continue to learn and find more out about our planet Earth.

Earth, our home planet, is a beautiful blue and white ball when seen from space. The third planet from the Sun, it is the largest of the inner planets. Earth is the only planet known to support life and to have liquid water at the surface. Earth has a substantial atmosphere and magnetic field, both of which are critical for sustaining life on Earth. Earth is the innermost planet in the solar system with a natural satellite – our Moon

 

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