Situation Overview The typhoon, known locally as Typhoon Karding, strengthened rapidly from Saturday to Sunday, arriving as a super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour (about 150 miles per hour). Super Typhoon Karding made landfall on Burdeos, Quezon on Sunday afternoon, September 25, with maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h and...
Category: Central Luzon
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Typhoon Karding (I.N. Noru) Situation Report #1 September 25, 2022 5 PM
Situation Overview On September 22, The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) issued the first weather bulletin regarding Super Typhoon ‘NORU’. It was a low-pressure area spotted in the East of Central Luzon that turned into a tropical depression. It was named “Karding” with an international name “Noru”. At around 2:00 pm it...
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Juvilyn’s Story
Juvilyn Simbulan, 44 years old, lives with her husband in Brgy. San Nicolas, San Simon, Pampanga. They make a living by farming and raising ducks. To make ends meet, her husband takes odd jobs like working part time in construction sites. When Typhoon Ulysses struck their barangay, Juvilyn and her husband was so distressed. The...
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Gertrudes’ Story
Gertrudes Conde, 51 years old, lives in Brgy. San Nicolas, San Simon, Pampanga. Her husband is a fisherman, who sometimes work as a construction worker. She, on the other hand, sells the fish her husband catches. Typhoon Ulysses brought too much rainwater that made the Pampanga River swell and flooded their barangay. Unfortunately, the fish...