TYPHOON Odette was a super typhoon, contrary to earlier forecasts, a United Nations official said as he rallied the international community to help the more than 2 million Filipinos left homeless and powerless by the monster typhoon.
Visually it would mean: widespread damage to high-risk structures, very heavy damage to medium-risk structures, heavy damage to low-risk structures, almost total damage to structures of light in highly exposed coastal areas, complete roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings; severe and extensive window and door damage, most residential and institutional buildings of mixed construction may be severely damaged, electrical power distribution and communication services severely...
Not quite, says Ana Clauren, Weather Forecaster at the Weather Division of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration .
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