Typhoon (Durian) in WPAC - landfall in Philippines

[Typhoon Hunter]

JTWC now have this listed as "FAIR" in their Indian Ocean advisory section:

THE REMNANTS OF 24W, PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 8.3N 103.3E, ARE
NOW LOCATED NEAR 9.9N 98.5E, APPROXIMATELY 360 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS IMPROVING CONSOLIDATION AND A WELL-DEFINED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER. IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS FORMATIVE BANDING OVER THE SOUTH SEMI-CIRCLE AND OVER THE NORTH SEMI-CIRCLE EXTENDING EAST-SOUTHEAST OVER THE GULF OF THAILAND. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE AREA IS LOCATED WITHIN AN IMPROVING ENVIRONMENT WITH WEAK VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND WEAK DIVERGENCE ALOFT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1004 MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS FAIR.

[P.K.]

WTIN20 DEMS 060612

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
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DEMS - RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONES NEW DELHI 06-12-2006 (.)
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (THE BAY OF
BENGAL AND ARABIAN SEA ) VALID FOR NEXT 24 HOURS ISSUED AT 0600
UTC (.)

CONVECTIVE CLOUDS ARE SEEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTH EAST ARABIAN SEA
AND ADJOINING SOUTH WEST BAY OF BENGAL AND ANDAMAN SEA(.)

THE RIDGE LINE AT 200 HPA RUNS ALONG 14.0 DEG N OVER THE
INDIAN REGION (.)

[Sanibel]

Durian went in a category 4, I believe, and really rained-out and roughed up a good sized area SE of Manila.

Current hot spot is WPAC. Those who said "why isn't the Pacific seeing the global warming increase" should consider.

[Chacor]

As of 09 December, totals (Philippines + Vietnam), according to official Vietnamese and Philippine government reports:
Dead: 716
Missing: 780
Injured: 3153

[Chacor]

The name has been retired from the list of typhoon names. Technically the TY committee were only supposed to review storms from Oct 2005 to Oct 2006, but I suppose they made an exception: 801 dead 778 missing is the latest count.

[HurricaneBill]

YouTube clips of Super Typhoon Durian:

These clips were submitted by YouTube user "Dazcah" in Legaspi, Philippines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgMcZ4c87o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0eEbCYyymQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y48bMmNU36g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-riOaPLWrlI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A9xawrCukQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpP8DkxOhoA

[HurricaneBill]

YouTubes clips submitted by user "Llienegram" in Albay, Philippines.

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[HurricaneBill]

YouTube clips submitted by user "Dxpsycho427".

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