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Freak May typhoon shows Philippines is now in constant state of climate emergency

‘Super typhoons have become our new normal,’ activists say

Stuti Mishra, 30 May 23  https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/typhoon-mawar-philippines-climate-change-b2348165.html—

Typhoon Mawar, an unusually intense cyclone that has struck Guam and the Philippines before heading towards Taiwan and southern Japan, shows the southeast Asian country is in a “constant state of climate emergency”, activists have said, demanding reparations for vulnerable nations.

In a statement released on Monday, Greenpeace International demanded fossil fuel companies take responsibility for the intensifying extreme weather events seen worldwide and pay reparations for climate impacts.

The typhoon left Guam flooded and without power for days and has prompted evacuations and amid extreme weather warnings in the Philippines.

Mawar, known locally in the Philippines as typhoon Betty, is the strongest typhoon of the year so far and the strongest northern hemisphere cyclone ever recorded in the month of May.

“The Philippines is in a constant state of climate emergency,” said Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Jefferson Chua.

June 1, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, Philippines