Three typhoons over the Western Pacific, #Muifa, #Nanmadol and #Merbok.
#Muifa may be the most damaging & costly typhoon in history and is about to landfall for a third time. #Nanmadol is threatening Japan. #Merbok has remained at sea.
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#Muifa may be the most damaging & costly typhoon in history and is about to landfall for a third time. #Nanmadol is threatening Japan. #Merbok has remained at sea.
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https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1570578965823361025
The thread linked above contains satellite imagery of the last 48 hours of #Muifa's path up China's east coast. #Merbok (below) is now an extra-tropical Cyclone and could cause problems on the Canadian and Alaskan coasts.
Like the last two Atlantic Hurricanes, and Super Typhoon #Hinnamnor which impacted Japan and Korea earlier in September all of these late season storms have been long-lived. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_H…
But these last two are far and away the most damaging of the season so far.
But these last two are far and away the most damaging of the season so far.
Following so soon after the unprecedented disaster in Pakistan, these extreme weather events are now sending an extremely loud message about the dangers of climate change to the world's leaders in the UNGA which has just opened in NYC for 2022.
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