. Please cycle through the pictures (as much as you can stand).
Global warming made this worse due to the increased ocean temperature which is known to intensify cyclones (called typhoons in Far East, hurricanes in Atlantic).
So says and and and and many more I could list. They say a sea surface temperature (SST) of 26C is one requirement for a cyclone to form and the higher and deeper those temperatures grow the more intense a cyclone becomes. Even says the increased ocean temperature (~ 0.9C since 1910) it has had a small effect of 1 or 2% on windspeeds (even that matters!).
Here you can see how close to 26C (or over 26C) the equatorial regions are.
and here you can sea that the SST has generally gone up globally (NOAA Data) F YH
Global Warming has made matters worse in the Philippines. The cost of cleanup (let alone human toll of at least 3621 dead) far exceeds the costs of ghg capture and/or emission control worldwide.
Informed by Data.
Driven by the SPIRIT and JESUS’s Example.
Promoting the Kingdom of GOD on Earth.