Update 10-09, 18:00 uur:
Op dit moment is Meranti nog een een tropische storm met windsnelheden tot 85 km/h (gemeten om 14:00 uur). Maar de verwachting is dat de storm binnen 24 uur uitgroeid tot een Cat. 1 tyfoon en dinsdag(avond) tot een Cat. 4 tyfoon. Op dit moment lijkt Ts Merantie een bedreiging te gaan vormen voor Taiwan en misschien het noorden van de Filipijnen.




Bron: wunderground.com


Ts Merantie vanochtend. Bron: worldview

Update 12-9, 16:45 uur:
Op dit moment is Meranti een categorie 5 (Super tyfoon) met windsnelheden tot 285 km/h en windstoten tot boven de 300 km/h. De verwachting is dat Meranti zeker de komende 24 uur nog een categorie 5 tyfoon blijft en woensdagochtend als een categorie 4 tyfoon het zuiden van Taiwan bereikt. Woensdag/donderdag bereikt Meranti China als een categorie 2/3 tyfoon.




Tyfoon Meranti en rechtsonder Tropical Storm Eighteen die waarschijnlijk ook gaat uitgroeien
tot een (zware) tyfoon.

Bron: Wunderground.com


Tyfoon Meranti


Tropical Storm 18

Bron: Worldview

Update 13-9, 16:53:
Op dit moment bevind het oog van (super) tyfoon Meranti zich tussen Taiwan en Filipijnen maar de buitenste neerslagbanden trekken al over beide landen. Volgens de verwachting trekt het oog net wel/net niet over het zuidelijkste puntje van Taiwan dus vooral Taiwan mag zich gaan opmaken voor zwaar weer morgen met winden van 295 km/h windstoten tot boven de 300 km/h. Vervolgens trekt de tyfoon veder naar China en komt donderdag aan als een categorie 1/2 tyfoon.



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Bron: Wunderground.com


Super tyfoon Meranti vanochtend. Bron: Worldview

Tyfoon Meranti raast over Taiwan

Bron:http://www.nu.nl/60288/video/tyfoon-meranti-raast-over-taiwan.html

Update 14-9, 18:00 uur:
Op dit moment is Meranti aangekomen in China en zal de komende uren snel afzwakken en vrijdagochtend zal de storm nog slechts een tropische depressie zijn. Vooral de kust van de Chinese provincie Fujian zal nog te maken krijgen met een Cat. 2/Cat. 3 tyfoon (windsnelheden rond de 200 km/h) komende uren.




Bron: Wunderground.com

  | Gewijzigd: 14 september 2016, 18:12 uur, door Lako

Meer nieuws en beelden van Meranti uit Taiwan:

Een missie op weg naar Itbayat

SINGAPORE: Satellite images on Wednesday (Sep 14) revealed that the eye of typhoon Meranti or Ferdie, as it is known in the Philippines, is believed to have passed directly over the small island of Itbayat that lies in the waters between the Philippines and southern Taiwan.

The Category 5 Meranti is the strongest storm since typhoon Haiyan in 2013, and is packing wind gusts of some 300kmh and whipping up 14-metre waves.

Steven Clark, Supervising Editor for Channel NewsAsia’s International Desk, contacted the Pagasa meteorological station in Cagayan, northern Luzon, for information on the plight of the island of Itbayat and its 3,000 inhabitants.

Pagasa officer Romeo Ganal Jr told Channel NewsAsia that there had been no communication at all from the Pagasa Itbayat satellite station since midnight of Sep 13. There are currently no flights over the area as flight routes have been altered.

With no flights available, a plan has been drawn up for a Civil Defence team to use either a Coast Guard or Navy vessel to go on a fact finding and needs assessment exercise to Itbayat.


On Wednesday night, Ganal Jr told Channel NewsAsia that a C-130 military plane will head to the island at around 10am on Thursday morning. The intelligence and fact-finding mission is likely to consist of about 10 people who will study the extent of the damage, if any, on the island. 

The team will stay on the island for two days to fully assess the situation, according to Ganal Jr, who added that telecommunication services were still down in Itbayat. 

Bron: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/eye-of-typhoon-meranti-passes-over-philippines-itbayat/3125510.html
 

Update Itbayat:

Opluchting na bereiken eilandengroep Batanes, waaronder Itbayat, geen doden, schade is wel enorm.

Relief operations reach Batanes after Super Typhoon “Meranti”

Four days after Super Typhoon “Meranti” passed right over the Philippines Batanes Group of Islands relief operations have finally arrived. The full extent of the damage is still unknown, but there were no casualties reported.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Team (NDRRMC) took off via C-130 aircraft at 04:30 UTC on Saturday, September 17, 2016, from Villamor Airbase in Pasay, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) reported.

The mission was successfully conducted and the affected communities received relief goods consisting of 600 family food packs, 20 000 ready to eat brown rice bars, bottled water, clothes and generator sets.

Super Typhoon “Meranti” acquired September 13, 2016. Credit: NASA Aqua/MODIS

Super Typhoon “Meranti,” known in the Philippines as Ferdie, hit the islands group on September 13, affecting some 2 710 families or 10 344 persons in 16 barangays in Ilocos Norte, Region I and the provinces of Batanes and Cagayan in Region II. 

Meranti’s eye passed right over the island of Itbayat. Communications have been lost and the island still remains isolated and without communications.

Credit: NASA/NOAA/DoD Suomi NPP/VIIRS, UW-CIMSS/SSEC

As of 22:00 UTC on September 16 (06:00 PHT on September 17), 20 families or 151 persons are still inside three evacuation centers in Basco, Batanes; while 2 651 families or 10 063 persons temporarily took shelter with their relatives and friends. The entire Batanes Province has a population of 17 236.

RETT, HEM and RDANA Teams from RDRRMC 2 that came in with the mission were also deployed to provide emergency telecoms, health emergency services and conduct damage and needs assessment.

Provincial Governor Cayco presented the situation updates and immediate needs. “They still need canned goods, ropes for securing their houses and emergency communication,” he said.

A facsimile of the provincial declaration of the state of calamity was furnished to the mission lead.

Batanes Representative Henedina Abad said Thursday, September 15, that the province was heavily damaged. “Our communities at the moment do not have access to water or electricity, and communication across the province is difficult to establish,” Abad said, adding that there was also great damage in agriculture and infrastructure. She said she’s “thankful” that there were no casualties reported.

Norma Talosig, chief of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Cagayan Valley region said that 50 houses were totally damaged while 100 were partially damaged. The buildings of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Technical Education Development Authority (TESDA), Basco Central School, Batanes National High School, Provincial Capitol building and Sto Domingo Church also suffered damages.

Representative Abad accompanied today’s relief flight and brought in water purification systems.

A C-295 relief airlift will be conducted tomorrow morning (local time) to Itbayat with family food packs, water and emergency comms. Another C-130 flight will go to Basco with additional canned goods, water, NFI, ropes and power generator sets.

Cellular communication is intermittent and very weak. Fuel is still available in Basco, Batanes.

On Friday, September 16, Bayan Patroller Aeron Mayor sent first photos of the damage. Images showed roofless and flattened structures, broken glass windows and doors, toppled electric posts and damaged properties. More images can be found here.



Photos  by Bayan Patroller Aeron Mayor

Bron: http://beforeitsnews.com/watercooler-topics/2016/09/relief-operations-reach-batanes-after-super-typhoon-meranti-2445656.html 

Hieronder het officiële bericht:

Update on NDRRMC's relief operations in Batanes

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) response clusters relief mission in Basco, Batanes was succesfully conducted. The relief airlift on board a PAF C130 left Villamor airbase at 12:30 pm today. Relief goods consisting of 600 family food packs, 20,000 ready to eat brown rice bars, bottled water, malongs and gensets were safely airlifted and delivered to the province of Batanes for distribution to affected families. RETT, HEM and RDANA Teams from RDRRMC 2 that came in with the mission were also deployed to provide emergency telecoms, health emergency services and conduct damage and needs assessment. Provincial Governor Cayco presented the situation updates and immediate needs. They still need canned goods, ropes for securing their houses and emergency communication. As of today, Itbayat remains isolated and without communications. A facsimile of the provincial declaration of state of calamity was furnished to the mission lead. Cong. Abad who accompanied the relief flight also brought in water purification systems. It is recommeded that a followthru C295 relief airlift be done tomorrow morning to go to itbayat with family food packs, water and emergency comms and another C130 flight to Basco with additional canned goods, water, NFI, ropes and power gensets. Cellular communication is intermittent and very weak. Fuel is still available in Basco, Batanes.   Dir Ninoy Castro DREAMB DSWD  Relief Mission Lead 
Bron: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2131474114626/update-on-ndrrmc-s-relief-operations-in-batanes
  | Gewijzigd: 19 september 2016, 09:12 uur, door Joyce.s