2nd Storm Slams Philippines

(CBS/AP) Typhoon Parma slammed into the Philippines on Saturday, ripping off roofs, toppling power pylons and swelling rivers in the country's mountainous north. Officials and media reports claim four deaths.

The storm - the country's second in eight days - cut a path across the northeastern tip of the main island of Luzon and was headed in the direction of Taiwan, where evacuations of southern villages were under way.

Parma made landfall packing sustained winds of 108 mph, though they weakened as the storm passed overland, leading the Weather Bureau to report Parma will continue to pummel the Northeast Philippines until Monday morning, said CBS News' Barnaby Lo in Manila.

The storm had been previously predicted to exit the Philippines Saturday night or Sunday morning.

Weather bureau chief Prisco Nilo warned that heavy rains could trigger landslides and flooding, and strong winds could create tidal surges "similar to a tsunami" along the eastern coast.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/03/world/main5360679.shtml

They've been living in mud for a week.

This is not good news.

Note: I did say "PERSON" and this term excludes the subhominids that are the RW (whose bush created this problem).

Perhaps you meant 'global warming' has intensified storms, according some data?