Climate and the Weather

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1. What is climate change?

Climate change refers to any distinct change in measures of climate lasting for a long period of time. It may be a change in the average weather conditions or a change in the distribution of weather events with respect to an average, for example, greater or fewer extreme weather events.

2. What are the factors that affect the climate?

Distance from the sea (like Coastal areas are cooler and wetter than inland areas)
Ocean currents
Direction of prevailing winds
Shape of the land
Distance from Equator
El Niño

3. What is the type of climate in the province of Bulacan? San Miguel?

San Miguel, Bulacan has a Type I climate. There is a distinct dry and a wet season – wet from June to November and dry, the rest of the year. But as time goes by, it became a little bit harder to determine the type of climate due to recent changes with the weather affecting the climate

4. In the recent typhoon Glenda, describe the extent of damage in the affected areas.

Typhoon Glenda has a total damage to infrastructure and agriculture which is estimated at 5.68 billion pesos. About forty-three of those who died came from CALABARZON Region, two from the National Capital Region, four from Central Luzon, five from MIMAROPA Region, four from the Bicol Region, one from Western Visayas, and five from Eastern Visayas, while there are 103 people injured by this typhoon. Power blackout was experienced in some parts of the provinces of Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Pampanga, Rizal, Quezon, and Metro Manila.

5. What is the international name of Glenda?

Rammasun is the international name of typhoon Glenda. It is a Siamese word for "God of Thunder".

6. Compare Glenda, Henry and Inday

Typhoon Rammasun or Glenda is a powerful tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to150 kph. It is the first typhoon to make landfall since this year's rainy season began in June. It is comparable to typhoon Millenyo due to its great damage in affected areas
Typhoon Matmo or Henry is a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 130 kph over the northern portion of the Philippine Sea. It didn’t affect most of the places in our country because it continued to move toward Extreme Northern Luzon until it left the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
Typhoon Inday is a tropical Cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 75 kph and gustiness of 90 kilometer per hour. This typhoon is not likely to make a landfall but it enhanced the southwest monsoon.