The health impacts of tropical cyclones depend on the number of people living in low-lying coastal areas in the storm’s direct path, the built environment including building design, and whether there is sufficient time for warning and evacuation. Tropical cyclones, may directly and indirectly affect health in many ways, for example by: increasing cases of drowning and other physical trauma ...
In early September 2024, Typhoon Yagi impacted several countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, leaving a trail of destruction with its intense rainfall and powerful winds, subsequent flooding and landslides. In the Philippines, the powerful typhoon was even followed by other typhoons, placing considerable pressure on local communities and the Government’s ...
Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda, devasted portions of South Est Asia, particularly the Philippines in early November 2013. This feature shows how WHO match the health needs of the communities with incoming assistance.
MANILA, 16 January 2022 — One month ago on 16 December 2021, Typhoon Odette (known internationally as Rai) made landfall several times on different islands in Visayas and Mindanao. It brought torrential rains, violent winds, landslides, and storm surges, and affected over 7.8 million people across 11 regions. Typhoon Odette brought destruction to homes, properties, and livelihoods at a time ...
Typhoon Mangkhut (known locally as Ompong) made landfall in the north-eastern Philippines in the early hours of 15 September 2018. With sustained wind speeds of more than 205 km/h and gusts of 255 km/h, the typhoon was the strongest storm to hit the Philippines since Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) in 2013. WHO supported the Philippine Department of Health to respond. The ...
Disaster Disaster in Viet Nam Disasters can be natural (e.g. typhoon or flooding) or man-made (e.g. chemical spills). Regardless of the type of disaster, there are always impacts on health. The primary objective of the response to any disaster is to save lives and minimize disability and disease.
On 12 September, the World Health Organization (WHO) donated one million water purification tablets to protect the health of hundreds of thousands of people across northern Viet Nam following the tragic devastation of Typhoon Yagi. With extremely strong winds, heavy rain, floods and landslides affecting millions of people in northern provinces, at least 325 people have been killed or are ...
It is moved to the Typhoon H Forum now. The Typhoon H GUI can probably be downloaded from Dropbox by clicking on the download arrow. If the link does not allow download, let me know. The GUI runs best in compatibility Mode for Windows 7 or 8 and when run as "Administrator". Edited to a link for the latest version and added compatibility discussion.
A new firmware was released today. Firmware Typhoon H V3.01 Changelog Improve the accelerometer calibration. Improve the manual landing performance. Mutli ST16s can bind one camera now. Firmware ST16 V03.01.b27 Changelog Add 2.4 and 5.8 channel icons on the ST16 screen Smooth video downlink in still photo mode I already updated the firmware archive. Have fun
