Climate crisis

It's just so depressing.

“This is our fifth storm in three weeks. We have no time to repair between the storms,” Moraleda said. Last month, typhoon Kong-rey and typhoon Trami – the deadliest of all the storms – also battered the province.

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The Philippines can be struck by 20 typhoons a year. Human-caused climate breakdown has increased the occurrence of the most intense and destructive tropical cyclones (though the overall number per year has not changed globally). This is because warming oceans provide more energy, producing stronger storms.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/philippines-weather-typhoon-yinxing-toraji-usagi