Typhoon Ramil is the local name of Typhoon Lupit, a super typhoon that moves through the Philippines region. The typhoon formed as a tropical depression on October 14, 2009
Ramil is tracked by Pagasa, the Philippine weather institute, who regular updates information on the possibly trajectory, and issues warnings on the status of 'Ramil' and other typhoons in the regionhttp://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/
Current status of 'Ramil' is listed on [1].
Ramil is expected to make landfall in northern Luzon, Philippines, on October 22, around 8 p.m. local time, and to leave within 24 hours. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2009/h2009_lupit.html
History
Less than a month before Ramil, typhoon Pepeng hit the same area, and caused 186 deaths, over 300,000 displaced, and more than 20,000 houses damaged.http://210.185.184.53/ndccWeb/images/ndccWeb/ndcc_update/Typhoon_PEPENG/ndcc%20sitrep%20no%2020%20on%20typhoon%20pepeng%20as%20of%206pm%20oct.%2010%2C%202009.pdf
Ramil emerged on October 14, was upgraded to Typhoon status on October 16, and was again upgraded to Super Typhoon level on October 18, with top wind speeds of 135 MPH. It was downgraded to Typhoon status again on October 19http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/2009/LUPIT/track.dat
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