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A deadly tropical storm slammed the Philippines early Saturday morning.
Although the country sees about 20 major storms a year, severe weather generally does not strike the mountainous area of Mindanao island, where the storm centered.
Tropical storm Washi followed an unusual path and dumped rain for over 12 hours, leading to devastating floods in the early morning hours while people still slept.
Thousands of houses were destroyed and roads and bridges have been swept away. The confirmed and climbing death toll is over 650 and nearly 1,000 people are missing.
Our hearts go out to those impacted.
Mother Nature took another swipe at Japan this week.
Typhoon Roke downed power lines, flipped vehicles, and basically disrupted life in and around Tokyo Wednesday. Over 1.2 million people were prompted to evacuate while over 7,800 were under mandatory evacuation orders.
The storm headed straight to the earthquake and tsunami stricken region of the country, leaving deadly mudslides and flooding in its wake.
And while TEPCO took precautionary measures at the Fukushima nuclear plant to minimize the spread of radioactive materials by strong winds, the storm spared the area.
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Hurricane Irene as seen from the International Space Station.
The storm is expected to make landfall Saturday in the Carolinas, although its effects will be felt along the coast starting today.
Experts fear Irene will be the most impactful hurricane to hit the East Coast in several decades.
This monster is over 430 miles wide; the average Atlantic storm is in the 200-mile range. Once it makes landfall, outer winds could stretch from Maryland to Maine.
Irene poses a major threat and may affect more than 65 million people from North Carolina to Maine, or 1-in-5 Americans, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
What a week for the mid-Atlantic: Earthquakes and a major hurricane. Our thoughts go out to those in Irene’s path. Stay safe.
