Washi storm could touch the figure of more than 2,000 people.

The Philippine government said the brunt of the 1079 residents affected by flash floods reported missing. Floods triggered by the storm itself Washi that make great damage on the island of Mindanao. City of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan reportedly swept away by flash floods discharged them. Most of the victims killed were residents of both cities.

Initially the number of victims lost only approximately 51 people, but local officials update the number of people missing, because after it was revealed that migrant workers living in rural areas also lost.

"Until now confirmed the death toll reached 1080 people. Meanwhile, 338 of thousands of others affected by the  Washi  storm plus 10 thousand homes owned by residents who reportedly damaged," he said as quoted by the Philippine Government.

Tens of thousands of people now living in evacuation centers. They are now threatened spread of disease acquired in the evacuation centers are filled with the refugees. Meanwhile, the United Nations (UN) is looking for donors to help provide clean water and adequate sanitation for the survivors.

This situation is in need to fix this as soon as possible, to avoid disease outbreaks that will add to the difficulty of the victims who are hungry and lost family and friends, The disaster that struck the Philippines is regarded as the worst ever happen. UN to assess damage from the disaster itself is considered to be equivalent to the tsunami disaster.

While the number of victims killed during the incident allegedly because some people fall asleep. Washi storm that hit, causing high winds and water of the river overflowed so that resulted in landslides. 

When approximately 1079 people were missing and the death toll officially been set at 1080 souls, it is feared the death toll could soar high. It is estimated the death toll may touch the figure of more than 2,000 people.

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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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Washi Storm Already Kills 1,000 People

Philippine President Benigno Aquino yesterday pledged assistance to flood victims in the southern region. Until yesterday the death toll and missing reached 1,000 people. The Philippine government has finally announced the status of a national disaster after floods and landslides causing loss of nearly 1,000 people. Washi storm induced disasters have also caused tens of thousands of people homeless.

Aquino visited the island of Mindanao to inspect the Port of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan are submerged mud and garbage. Hundreds of corpses are rotting feared could spread the disease. "I guarantee that the government will help you rebuild your home. However, we ask that you do not go back to where you live before a disaster-prone, "said Aquino, quoted by AFP.

Aquino promised to fix the roads and damaged irrigation systems, relocate residents to a safe area of ​​the disaster, as well as installing an early warning system for river water levels across the country so that it can help people avoid similar disasters in the future. The government said as many as 957 people were killed and 49 people missing after the floods that hit the two port cities and surrounding areas on Friday night (16/12) during a tropical storm Washi. Washi storm brought heavy rain that made the river overflow, resulting in flooding and landslides in the middle of the night. The number of victims continues to grow as several bodies being dragged out to sea are found.

"They are under the water surface during the first three days, but now, when the bodies were decomposing, they float on the surface of the water," said Benito Ramos, head of the Philippine Civil Defense Agency. Mass funeral plans were announced the day after yesterday was postponed because local officials want to take fingerprints and DNA samples for identification. Ministry of Justice urged the Philippines to do a good documentation of all deaths

"The first priority is to relocate to an area which is no longer harm them," said President Benigno Aquino, Tuesday (12/20/2011), in a meeting in Cagayan de Oro. He promised the government would seek to prevent casualties as small as possible in the event of a disaster of this magnitude again.

Washi storm that hit the Philippines, Saturday (17/12/2011) and then, causing flood flash floods and landslides in various areas. Recent data reported by the Philippine National Disaster Agency said the death toll was 957 people and 49 people missing. Total casualties 338,000 people in 13 provinces with 43,000 people still displaced. Areas most severely affected in the two cities, the city of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in Mindanao region.

Aquino's spokesman, Ricky Carandang, said, with the announcement of the status of a national disaster, it is more free to open help from the outside. In addition to channeling relief and rehabilitation, one of the things that are also of concern is the anticipated spread of the disease after disaster.

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What Is Katia

Katia was a tropical storm gathering energy over the Atlantic Ocean, Katia is new on the rotating list of names for tropical storms and hurricanes; it replaces the name Katrina, which was retired after the 2005 hurricane season.

While parts of the East Coast and New England are still recovering from Hurricane Irene, a new storm is brewing in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Katia. The TRMM satellite looked "under the hood" of the storm and saw heavy rainfall rates and towering clouds providing a clue that she was going to strengthen and may become a hurricane .

Katia began as an area of low pressure that had moved away from the coast of Africa south of the Cape Verde Islands in the central eastern Atlantic. Storms forming in this region are known as "Cape Verde" storms. They tend to be larger and stronger than average because of the open ocean and occur most often in August and September during the height of the hurricane season. Irene was a Cape Verde storm.

Katia is expected to continue on its current west-northwest track passing north of the Leeward Islands. It is also forecast to become a hurricane and possibly a major hurricane as it encounters warmer waters and reduced wind shear.

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A Perfect Storm of Turbulent Gases

A Perfect Storm of Turbulent Gases

Resembling the fury of a raging sea, this image actually shows a bubbly ocean of glowing hydrogen gas and small amounts of other elements such as oxygen and sulfur.

The photograph, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, captures a small region within M17, a hotbed of star formation. M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, is located about 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The image was released to commemorate the thirteenth anniversary of Hubble's launch.

The wave-like patterns of gas have been sculpted and illuminated by a torrent of ultraviolet radiation from young, massive stars, which lie outside the picture to the upper left. The glow of these patterns accentuates the three-dimensional structure of the gases. The ultraviolet radiation is carving and heating the surfaces of cold hydrogen gas clouds. The warmed surfaces glow orange and red. The intense heat and pressure cause some material to stream away from those surfaces, creating the glowing veil of even hotter greenish gas that masks background structures. The pressure on the tips of the waves may trigger new star formation within them.

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Hurricane

In 2010, there were 14 named storms, of which 7 were hurricanes and 5 were major hurricanes (that is, category-3, 4 and 5 ones). Hurricane activity this year was about 1.5 times the median hurricane activity level.A hurricane is an intense tropical storm. Tropical storms form over warm tropical oceans when local sea surface temperatures are above 26.5°C (80°F) through a depth of at least 50 meters (160 ft). Under these conditions, evaporation from the ocean surface creates very high humidity in the atmosphere, which in turn generates thunderstorms.

A surefire way to kill a hurricane? Add something called “vertical wind shear” — essentially a change in wind speed and direction with height. It stops the storm from forming in its tracks by ripping it apart.  Another way to kill a hurricane? Whip up a wind across the deserts of northern Africa. Dust gets swept up into the air and helps damp down developing storms. (In fact, it’s the effect of the dust combined with vertical wind shear and super-dry air that’s the killer.)

There’s a school of thought that says that climate change should fuel more hurricanes and more intense ones, because as the planet warms, ocean waters warm and sea surface temperature rises.

In a paper published earlier this year in Science, Thomas R. Knutson, of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and co-authors suggest that we should expect an increase in the frequency of the strongest hurricanes in the Atlantic, roughly by a factor of two by the end of the century, despite a decrease in the overall number of hurricanes. “But we should not expect this trend to be clearly detectable until we near the end of the century, given a scenario in which CO2 [carbon dioxide] doubles by 2100.” The relationship will become more apparent as we improve our understanding and data and as the climate continues to warm.

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