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November 19, 2024 - Fourth Typhoon in Ten Days Strikes the Philippines
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By November 17, 2024, the island of Luzon, Philippines, was reeling from a string of landfalling typhoons. Four typhoons had made five landfalls in the Philippines over a ten-day period, with two landfalls at Category 4 and two at Category 5 strength. Super Typhoon Yinxing made landfall on November 7, Typhoon Toraji on November 11, Super Typhoon Usagi on November 14, and Super Typhoon Man-yi made two landfalls in the Philippines, one on November 16 and the next on November 17.
Prior to this string of disasters, the Philippines also were whipped by two storms in late October. Typhoon Kong-rey swept close to the northern tip of Luzon on October 30 and Tropical Storm Trami made landfall on October 24. September brought three typhoons and one tropical storm to the Philippines, with two landfalls. Each of these storms brought devastating winds, storm surges, and torrential rain to the country, especially to the island of Luzon.
On November 17, 2024, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Super Typhoon Man-yi (Called Pepito locally) aiming for the island of Luzon. Hours after this image was acquired, Man-yi made landfall in the Municipality of Dipaculao in north-eastern Central Luzon. Maximum sustained winds were reported near 161 miles per hour (259 km/h) at this landfall, according to ReliefWeb.
The day before the image was acquired, Man-yi made landfall on Catanduanes Island, striking the coast with maximum sustained winds estimated at 150 miles per hour (241 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, according to data provided by Zoom Earth.
By November 18, Man-yi had swept across Luzon, impacting more than a million people, and displacing more than 650,000, according to ReliefWeb. Several media outlets reported at least seven people had died due to this storm alone. Crisis24 stated that, after the storms that struck November 11-17, “Dozens of roads and bridges remain impassable, primarily across the Cagayan Valley Region, and power outages and other utility disruptions are ongoing across hundreds of affected municipalities. Schools and businesses remain closed in hundreds of locations across Bicol, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, and Ilocos regions.”
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 11/17/2024
Resolutions:
1km (384.1 KB), 500m (1.2 MB), 250m (3.5 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
By November 17, 2024, the island of Luzon, Philippines, was reeling from a string of landfalling typhoons. Four typhoons had made five landfalls in the Philippines over a ten-day period, with two landfalls at Category 4 and two at Category 5 strength. Super Typhoon Yinxing made landfall on November 7, Typhoon Toraji on November 11, Super Typhoon Usagi on November 14, and Super Typhoon Man-yi made two landfalls in the Philippines, one on November 16 and the next on November 17.
Prior to this string of disasters, the Philippines also were whipped by two storms in late October. Typhoon Kong-rey swept close to the northern tip of Luzon on October 30 and Tropical Storm Trami made landfall on October 24. September brought three typhoons and one tropical storm to the Philippines, with two landfalls. Each of these storms brought devastating winds, storm surges, and torrential rain to the country, especially to the island of Luzon.
On November 17, 2024, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Super Typhoon Man-yi (Called Pepito locally) aiming for the island of Luzon. Hours after this image was acquired, Man-yi made landfall in the Municipality of Dipaculao in north-eastern Central Luzon. Maximum sustained winds were reported near 161 miles per hour (259 km/h) at this landfall, according to ReliefWeb.
The day before the image was acquired, Man-yi made landfall on Catanduanes Island, striking the coast with maximum sustained winds estimated at 150 miles per hour (241 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, according to data provided by Zoom Earth.
By November 18, Man-yi had swept across Luzon, impacting more than a million people, and displacing more than 650,000, according to ReliefWeb. Several media outlets reported at least seven people had died due to this storm alone. Crisis24 stated that, after the storms that struck November 11-17, “Dozens of roads and bridges remain impassable, primarily across the Cagayan Valley Region, and power outages and other utility disruptions are ongoing across hundreds of affected municipalities. Schools and businesses remain closed in hundreds of locations across Bicol, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, and Ilocos regions.”
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 11/17/2024
Resolutions:
1km (384.1 KB), 500m (1.2 MB), 250m (3.5 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
