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possible
hydrometeorological
hazards
Earth and Life Science
super typhoon
karding
Damage and losses to the
agriculture sector due to
Typhoon Karding
(international name:
Noru) have breached P3
billion as of Monday
EL NIÑO and morning, based on the
LA NIÑA latest data available from
the Department of
El Niño refers to the above- Agriculture (DA).
average sea-surface - GMA News
temperatures that periodically
develop across the east-central
equatorial Pacific. It represents Christell Macalinao
the warm phase of the ENSO Jazztin Jake Gamboa
cycle. La Niña refers to the GAS 2 - Escoda
periodic cooling of sea-surface
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around a low pressure point is
known as a cyclone. It is a well-
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organized cluster of
typhoon and hurricane
thunderstorms among a
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La Niña 04
turbulent cloud mass. Typhoons
and hurricanes are both tropical
cyclones in general, however
their sites vary. Tropical storms
in the Atlantic and east Pacific
LANDSLIDE Ocean are referred to as
hurricanes, whereas those in the
west Pacific are referred to as
typhoons. The longitude is
important.