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the philippines is being hit by the strongest storm the world has seen this year, affecting an estimated *20-30 million people*, and guess which word doesn't warrant a mention in international news coverage https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/01/asia/philippines-super-typhoon-goni-landfall-intl-hnk/index.html
BBC, New York Times, Aljazeera
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/world/asia/typhoon-goni-rolly-philippines.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/1/super-typhoon-goni-batters-philippines-one-million-evacuated https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54759868
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/world/asia/typhoon-goni-rolly-philippines.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/1/super-typhoon-goni-batters-philippines-one-million-evacuated https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54759868
Reuters and Associated Press (news agencies whose influence is massively underestimated) via CNN, Guardian and DW
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/31/asia/philippines-typhoon-goni-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.dw.com/en/super-typhoon-goni-batters-philippines/a-55461933 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/01/typhoon-goni-hits-philippines-with-nearly-one-million-evacuated-from-its-path
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/31/asia/philippines-typhoon-goni-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.dw.com/en/super-typhoon-goni-batters-philippines/a-55461933 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/01/typhoon-goni-hits-philippines-with-nearly-one-million-evacuated-from-its-path
it's too early to say by how much climate change made this storm stronger but there's important context that we really should report as soon as such disasters strike.
like that by 2050, coastal floods that used to hit once a century will strike many cities *every single year*
like that by 2050, coastal floods that used to hit once a century will strike many cities *every single year*
here's a sobering sunday activity: click on this report about oceans from the IPCC, the gold-standard science on climate change, and CTRL+F "extreme" https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/summary-for-policymakers/
