Philippines affected by more extreme tropical cyclones

Philippines affected by more extreme tropical cyclones Sheffield UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2016 - Tropical cyclones in the Philippines are becoming more extreme and causing greater amounts of devastation, a new study has shown. Geographers from the University of Sheffield have analysed annual data over the period from 1951 to 2013 and saw a slightly decreasing trend in the number of smaller cyclones (above 118 kilometres per hour) that hit land in the Philippines, particularly in the l ... more

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