More typhoons seen
IT is certainly disheartening to know that the country’s weather bureau expects more typhoons and storms during the first three months of the year.
What’s worrisome is that the expected above normal rainfall in the January-February-March period may cause flashfloods and rain-induced landslides.
Last year, the Philippines was hit by six cyclones, three of them supertyphoons, in succession from October to November, flooding low-lying areas.
World scientists said the successive typhoons were fueled by human-induced climate change.
They warned that the chance of multiple typhoons making landfall will continue to increase as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.
Admittedly, climate change continues to worsen not only in the Philippines but elsewhere because of society’s addiction to fossil fuels.
Weather forecasters said the above normal rainfall and a higher number of cyclones in the coming months were due to the continuing effects of the La Nina phenomenon.
La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the Equatorial Pacific.
El Nino, on the other hand, is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.
Hopefully, world authorities succeed in addressing climate change if we are to avert the extinction of more plant and animal species.
