WPAC: MEGI (1013/15W) - Tropical Depression

[btangy]

Good lord. Those pictures look horrific. I'm guessing those aerial shots were taken in Maconacon, which faced the storm surge of Megi along with the strongest winds. I'm afraid that the full extent of the human toll isn't yet known.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regio ... -destroyed

[StormingB81]

More photos.....

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/photoal ... 565902.htm

this is going to take a lot to clean up and rebuild! I think bt is right the sigh of relief when the death toll wasnt high I think that is because most people havent got into the hardest hit areas.

[Chacor]

Megi up to T6.0 from JMA.

[StormingB81]

Doesn't want to go away just yet! The question is where will it go...will it hit Tawain first or China...Models have been back and forth.

[shah8]

Wonder what will happen if Megi takes advantage of the18-24 hrs it has until shear arrives?

[Chacor]

JMA up to 95 kt, 935 hPa.

[RobWESTPACWX]

Entire towns destroyed, that turns my stomach, I fear the news that will be coming to us shortly as more informations comes out of the region.

[RobWESTPACWX]

I like watching ship obs basically "circling the wagon" around storms to try to avoid them.

[KWT]

Megi really is very large now at least in terms of cloud coverage, the inner core is still pretty large but it does appear to have tightened up somewhat, probably explaining the increasing in the JMA number I suspect.

[StormingB81]

Jim, I just saw your typhoon footage on you tube..WOW! crazy stuff! great footage though!

[RobWESTPACWX]

Wow, this sat shot here really shows you how close this storm is to some major populations, it is really threading the needle.

[Typhoon Hunter]

Doing live CNN studio interview in about 1 hour 15 mins. From about 9pm HK time. Will be talking about covering Megi in Luzon.

[RobWESTPACWX]

Doing live CNN studio interview in about 1 hour 15 mins. From about 9pm HK time. Will be talking about covering Megi in Luzon.

I'll be watching! Good luck!

[KWT]

That sat picture also just goes to show how large Megi actually has become, as per normal it really spread itself out overland!

[StormingB81]

Doing live CNN studio interview in about 1 hour 15 mins. From about 9pm HK time. Will be talking about covering Megi in Luzon.

great video jim! just awwing and jaw dropping teh destruction done...you did a great job as always!

[RobWESTPACWX]

Great interview TH! Once again good luck during the next 24-48hrs.

[KWT]

Will you be able to put the video up on youtube by any chance?

[CrazyC83]

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Since the convection doesn't look super-strong, I would put the intensity at 110 kt. Still there is a huge storm surge threat, to say the least.

[ManilaTC]

Just got word that the towns of Divilacan, Maconacon and Palanan in Isabela province got obliterated. These were the towns that got all the brunt of Megi/Juan as a category 5. All I saw on the video was roofs torn out as if an EF5 tornado tore up the place.

Video from ABS-CBN (Tagalog language sorry, but the devastation is clearly seen)

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/regions/10/20/10/aerial-survey-typhoon-damage-isabela

[KWT]

Yeah Crazy, the system got a little stronger then I was expecting given the inner core is still large and looks a little flabby.