Typhon Maysak to unsettle the Philippines

R

ecently is was Vanuatu being levelled by Cyclone Pam and now the Philippines are be stalked by Typhoon Maysak.

Some argue that what we are seeing it simply “natural variability” and others attribute these rather trying weather events directly to the damage humans have caused to the atmosphere and consequently the world’s climate.

Scientific evidence illustrates that humans, that’s you and I, have indisputably changed the world’s climate resulting in notably different, and significantly severe, weather events.

Cyclone Pam was one of those major weather events and Typhoon Maysak is similar, although it is likely to be less intense.

An ABC story - “Typhoon Maysak: Philippines braces for possible landslides and storm surges across Easter weekend” – says: “Maysak, initially a top-rated category five typhoon, has weakened to category four as it lost strength over the water.”