Philippines warned anew of climate impact; more powerful typhoons looming due to climate change, says wind dynamics expert

Floodwaters surround a residential area from to Typhoon Noru in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, Philippine. Typhoon Noru blew out of the northern Philippines earlier this week, leaving some people dead, causing floods and power outages and forcing officials to suspend classes and government work in the capital and outlying provinces. - AP

MANILA, Oct 1 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): Extreme sea level rise as the oceans further heat up and more intense cyclones are threatening coastal communities around the world, including those in the Philippines, said a United Nations report on the impact of climate change on the ocean and the cryosphere.

Released last week, the special report by the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of even more drastic consequences that the world will face due to the unabated warming of the ocean and the rapid thawing of the cryosphere, or the frozen parts of Earth.