Abnormal Typhoon Season in the Philippines ‘Supercharged’ by Climate Change: Report [Video]

An abnormally active typhoon season that hit the Philippines this year was “supercharged” by climate change, according to a new attribution study published Thursday by the World Weather Attribution (WWA).

The report found that climate change exacerbated the conditions that led to the typhoon season and made the formation of typhoons nearly twice as likely.

The team noted that six major storms hit the country in less than a month, including five typhoons and one major tropical cyclone — an anomaly compared to the three average typhoons the country experiences in an entire year.

The storms, which killed more than 170 people, formed in a span of 23 days from late October to mid-November, each hitting Luzon, the country’s largest and most populated island, and impacted more than 13 million people, the study says.

Ben Clarke, …