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Super Typhoon Bopha and the Mayo River Debris-Flow Disaster, Mindanao, Philippines, December 2012

In: Climate Change and Global Warming

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  • Kelvin S. Rodolfo
  • A. Mahar F. Lagmay
  • Rodrigo C. Eco
  • Tatum Miko L. Herrero
  • Jerico E. Mendoza
  • Likha G. Minimo
  • Joy T. Santiago
  • Jenalyn Alconis-Ayco
  • Eric C. Colmenares
  • Jasmine J. Sabado
  • Ryanne Wayne Serrado

Abstract

Category 5 (C5) Super Typhoon Bopha, the world's worst storm of 2012, formed abnormally close to the West Pacific Equator, and Bopha's Mindanao landfall has the record equatorial proximity for C5 storms. Bopha generated a debris flow that buried 500 ha of New Bataan municipality and killed 566 people. New Bataan, established in 1968, had never experienced super typhoons and debris flows. We describe the respective histories of New Bataan and Super Typhoon Bopha; debris flows; and how population growth and unwise settlement practices contribute to Philippine "natural" disasters. The historical record of Mindanao tropical cyclones yields clues regarding how climate change may be exacerbating near-equatorial vulnerability to typhoons. Existing models of future typhoon behavior do not apply well to Mindanao because they evaluate only the tropical cyclones that occur during the main June-October typhoon season, and most Mindanao tropical cyclones occur in the off season. The models also ignore tropical depressions, the most frequent--and commonly lethal--Mindanao cyclones. Including these in annual tallies of Mindanao cyclones up to early 2018 reveals a pronounced and accelerating increase since 1990. Mindanao is susceptible to other natural hazards, including other consequences of climate change and volcanic activity.

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  • Kelvin S. Rodolfo & A. Mahar F. Lagmay & Rodrigo C. Eco & Tatum Miko L. Herrero & Jerico E. Mendoza & Likha G. Minimo & Joy T. Santiago & Jenalyn Alconis-Ayco & Eric C. Colmenares & Jasmine J. Sabado , 2019. "Super Typhoon Bopha and the Mayo River Debris-Flow Disaster, Mindanao, Philippines, December 2012," Chapters, in: Ata Amini (ed.), Climate Change and Global Warming, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:160564
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.81669
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    1. Mauro Francini & Lucia Chieffallo & Annunziata Palermo & Maria Francesca Viapiana, 2020. "A Method for the Definition of Local Vulnerability Domains to Climate Change and Relate Mapping. Two Case Studies in Southern Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-26, November.

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    Keywords

    Super Typhoon Bopha; Andap disaster; Mayo River; debris flows; climate change; ENSO; typhoon frequency;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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