Typhoon Bopha hit southern Philippines and destroyed buildings while setting off floods and landslides early this December. Bopha is the most powerful typhoon to hit this area in decades with top winds at 110 mph. Millions of people were in its path that lived in unprepared communities. The typhoon has affected more than 213,000 people and more than 179,000 people are in evacuation centers. A landslide occurred blocking a national highway leaving hundreds of people stuck on the road. Today, the official death toll has climbed to 325 people with nearly 400 Filipinos still unaccounted for. It appears the Typhoon Bopha could be twice as deadly as Hurricane Sandy. This typhoon has washed away villages, roads and buildings, flattened cornfields and banana plantations, destroyed fishing fleets, and buried homes under landslides. Local authorities have been doing their best relocating people and preparing evacuation centers. Maintenance workers have also been working on clearing mud and rocks on roads so traffic is able to get through. The fact that some areas did not have the best preparation of typhoons really made a difference in how they were affected by the storm.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79924
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/04/world/asia/philippines-typhoon/index.html
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/typhoon-bopha-hurricane-sandy-times-two/
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