I'm glad ots not heading our way pat,this thing is predicted to dump around 36 inches of rain in certain areas.
Big story here on the national news about landfall Sunday Morning with landfall being Manila once again.
This is the expected route KOPPU | Multi-Agency TC Forecast Here is the real-time image of the storm : http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/westpac/storm/movies/MOV8-4.24W.GIF Here is the Philippine Satellite loop: Philippine Loop - NOAA GOES Geostationay Satellite Server And the current Graphical Satellite Analysis: http://www.typhoon2000.ph/t2kgraphsat.gif All this info available on one site at::: Typhoon2000.com® :: The Philippines' First Website on Tropical Cyclones (Since 1997) No I have no affiliation at all with this site in any way shape or form it is run by a Filipino from Bicol and he does an excellent job IMHO. Check out the site for the latest available info. DaveD
Philippines battered as Typhoon Koppu barrels in - BBC News Watching CNN I have heard them mention foreign aid. Hopefully if the world helps again they wise up a bit and don't use the Philippines government/people as a middleman to have the goods handed out.