Christmas Typhoons are becoming common in the Philippines as tropical storms increase over time. Reports published by the Philippine Climate Change Assessment (PhilCCA) working group stated that the climate reports by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Climate Scientists along with Manila Observatory regional climate systems head stated that they are tracking the typhoons taking place between December to February and have named them as Christmas Typhoons. The study done in 2021 shows a 210% rise in the storms in the region since 2012. The rate is even more in the southern Philippines with an increase rate as high as 480%.
The tropical cyclone induced rainfall in the country saw significant rise since 2000 at a rate of 16.9% to 19.3% per decade. Climatologists are of the opinion that these are the effects of human induced climate change.
Between 1951 and 2018 Philippines saw an average rise of temperature of 0.16 degrees celsius each year. The urbanisation and the urban heat island effect has caused a significant increase in the number of warm nights and decrease in the number of cool nights in the country.
Scientists are also very worried as the region has recorded the highest sea level rise in the last few years. The more concerning fact is that they do not have enough information even to diagnose and understand when and how this would take place.
