Why the Philippines is Being Battered By Yet Another Fearsome Typhoon

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Typhoon Koppu over the Philippines, October 19th, 2015. Although Koppu had weakened, the threat of flooding lingered. According to Weather Underground blogger Bob Henson, models agreed that the storm would spend another three to four days creeping northward along Luzon—the largest, northernmost island in the Philippines. . Captions and Photo source: NASA / Earth Observatory

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The Philippines sits in what scientists call the “warm pool” in the Western Pacific, with nothing between the country and open water…

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