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Dec 4, 2013 · MANILA, Philippines – If this year had Typhoon Yolanda as its strongest cyclone, Typhoon Pablo is considered the worst storm of 2012. Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) made landfall in Mindanao on Dec 4 ...
Dec 12, 2012 · Super Typhoon Bopha struck the Philippines on December 4, 2012 as a Category 5 storm with 160 mile per hour winds. Stay up to date with EarthSky.
Typhoon Bopha (locally known as Pablo) hit eastern Mindanao in December 2012 and affected 1.8M persons in all six regions in Mindanao. Six days after the typhoon struck, UNHCR with cluster partners have conducted rapid assessment and provided immediate core relief items to severely affected areas.
Dec 3, 2012 · Typhoon Bopha smashed into the southern Philippines early December 4, as more than 40,000 people crammed into shelters to escape the onslaught of the strongest cyclone to hit the country this year.
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Jan 11, 2013 · Typhoon Pablo (Bopha), the devastating storm that racked up almost 2,000 deaths as it crashed through southern Philppines last December, has been ranked the world's deadliest catastrophe for 2012, according to a recent study.
This unfamiliarity compounded the death and damage. We describe Bopha's history, debris flows and the Mayo River disaster, and then we discuss how population growth contributed to the catastrophe, as well as the possibility that climate change may render other near-Equatorial areas vulnerable to hazards brought on by similar typhoons.