Ep13 - The 1897 predecessor of Typhoon Yolanda

Dr. Janneli Lea A. Soria is a geologist and science educator. She received her PhD in Earth Science from the Asian School of the Environment and a post-doctoral research fellowship from the Earth Observatory of Singapore, both at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She also holds an MS and Bachelors in Geology from UP Diliman. She collaborates with other geologists, oceanographers, engineers, social scientists, and historians in investigating coastal hazards. Most of her research career, so far, has been spent studying land subsidence in the northern Manila Bay delta complex, coastal erosion in the Ilocos region, sedimentation on coral reefs in Pangasinan, and the storm surges of Typhoon Reming in Albay, and Super Typhoon Yolanda in Samar and Leyte. Featured article: Soria JLA et al. 2016. Repeat storm surge disasters of Typhoon Haiyan and its 1897 predecessor in the Philippines. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 97, 31–48. This podcast is co-presented by the UP Diliman College of Science, and the UP Resilience Institute.