Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises to 1200 in the Philippines,Vietnam braces itself for second landfall

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7. Super-Typhoon Haiyan is almost like Katrina and Sandy combined.

Scientists will say that it's impossible to link a single weather event to climate change, and so we can't be certain if without the warming of our planet's atmosphere and oceans super typhoon Haiyan would've been weaker. But we do know that warm water is hurricane and typhoon fuel, so it's not such a stretch to ask the question, especially after the series of record-breaking storms that we've seen in the past decade.

CNN writes: "With sustained winds of 315 kph (195 mph) and gusts as strong as 380 kph (235 mph), Haiyan may be the strongest tropical cyclone to hit land anywhere in recorded history. It will take further analysis after the storm passes to establish whether it is a record."

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/super-typhoon-haiyan-almost-katrina-and-sandy-combined.html