"The study could not draw definitive conclusions about the role of #ClimateChange on the rainfall in the Philippines, because of the region’s complex monsoon rain patterns.

Still, they found the warm seas that helped form and fuel #TyphoonGaemi “would have been virtually impossible” in a world that had not warmed to the current 1.2 deg C above pre-industrial levels."

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/climate-change-fuelled-deadly-typhoon-gaemi-study

"Much of the #Philippines capital remained underwater Thursday after deadly #TyphoonGaemi worsened torrential monsoon rains that lashed the country, trapping thousands of people in rising flood waters and causing widespread damage.

Continuous heavy rains, massive flooding and landslides across the Philippines killed at least 13 people and displaced more than 600,000."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/asia/philippines-flooding-manila-climate-typhoon-gaemi-intl-hnk/index.html
#TyphoonCarina

"A cargo ship off Taiwan and an oil tanker off the Philippines sank on Thursday morning, both in rough seas. In the Philippines authorities are searching for a missing crew member, and warn they face a “race against time” to contain a huge oil spill that is heading for Manila."

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/typhoon-gaemi-taiwan-china-philippines-flooding-path-b2585718.html
#TyphoonGaemi