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Global tropical cyclone interceptor, volcanic eruption hunter & snow lover. Born in 🇬🇧, living in 🇯🇵 Video available only via license

Tokyo & Nagano, Japan
Joined April 2009
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James Reynolds
1 year
#typhoon #haikui ripping through Chenggong #taiwan
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James Reynolds
4 months
The Matterhorn and Swiss Alps turning purple in the reflection of one of the greatest geomagnetic storms in decades! 🤯
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James Reynolds
6 years
Footage from #Krakatau in #Indonesia I shot yesterday and today - remarkable changes at a remarkable #volcano
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2 years
Nowhere else on Earth quite like the Philippines Sea - #Noru #KardingPH is going to crash into Luzon as a very powerful (but small) typhoon
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2 years
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such rapid intensification - #KardingPH #noru now a super #typhoon and expected to make landfall NE of Manila tonight as a cat 5. I’ll deploy to Vietnam tomorrow to cover the second landfall in a few days
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2 years
@AbroadInJapan @CDawgVA could have sworn I bumped into a certain Welsh voice actor this morning, would have said hello but I didn’t think the toilets were an appropriate venue for such an undertaking 🤣
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James Reynolds
4 years
Lashing it down here on Amami Oshima as #typhoon #Haishen closes in
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James Reynolds
2 years
9 years ago today, the central #Philippines was ground zero for one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones ever observed, super #typhoon #haiyan known locally as Yolanda - thinking of all those who were in the path of this monster - @iCyclone
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James Reynolds
2 years
Severe tropical storm #PaengPH structure improved overnight, it’s a vast system and its outer bands are sweeping the entire length of the #Philippines - stay safe everyone, torrential rain, flooding and landslides are a major threat today
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James Reynolds
7 years
Drone footage I shot today of incredible eruption at #Kirishima #volcano in #Japan I've waited years to shoot this kind of video #新燃岳 #火山
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James Reynolds
5 years
Video of the incredible towering eye wall of #typhoon #Lingling as the eye passes over Miyakojima #Japan
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James Reynolds
2 years
I think rain (rather than wind) is going to be the big issue with tropical storm #PaengPH / #Nalgae - it looks like it will track right across central Luzon and very close to Manila. ECM showing 300+mm in numerous places #philippines
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James Reynolds
6 years
Aerial footage of an eruption yesterday at Anak #Krakatau - explosions like this were happening every 25 minutes or so for entirety of our stay. Some of those lava bombs were size of trucks! #volcano #Indonesia
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James Reynolds
4 years
14 years ago today I went on a date with a v attractive young woman. I cut dinner short, awkwardly explaining I had to be up early to chase a typhoon in Vietnam. For god knows whatever reasons she took the plunge & here we are today with 2 beautiful kids living fab life in Japan!
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James Reynolds
2 years
In the eye of #typhoon #Nanmadol in Ibusuki, Kagoshima. Not a breath of wind, light rain and my ears have a dull ache - pressure 940.6hPa
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James Reynolds
4 years
#typhoon #Vamco , with an umbilicus stretching 1000s of miles across the North Pacific connected to a grotesque “mother ship” low lashing Alaska - the atmosphere never ceases to amaze!
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James Reynolds
2 years
Those in the direct path of super #typhoon #KardingPH #noru need to rush to completion storm preparations NOW and evacuate if instructed to. It’s a cat 5 per JTWC and will devastate any communities that get a direct hit (image via RainViewer app)
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James Reynolds
1 year
#typhoon #mawar is packing quite a bit of lightning as it passes close to #Guam right now!
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James Reynolds
2 years
Well, isn’t that pretty! 🇯🇵🌋🌸
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James Reynolds
4 years
Woah - just got direct hit from one of those vortices, crazy! Managed to capture it departing cc @ReedTimmerAccu #typhoon #Haishen
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James Reynolds
7 months
It’s all systems go, Snowkyo! 🗼 ❄️ 🇯🇵
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James Reynolds
3 years
Waking up on Christmas morning 😍❄️
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James Reynolds
6 years
Another successful and safe day filming at #Krakatau - the #volcano was quiet. Today I took the drone higher to catch not only the island but also the amazing color of the sea water #Indonesia
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James Reynolds
1 year
When you go to make a white balance adjustment and… oh ffs!! 🤦‍♂️
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James Reynolds
3 years
My boys are going to be extremely excited when they wake up in the morning - Merry Christmas everyone! ❄️ 🎄
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James Reynolds
11 days
Vicious #typhoon - getting hammered in Makurazaki, complete whiteout at times #shanshan
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James Reynolds
4 years
Waking up to see this and honestly pretty speechless, recording breaking landfall by looks of it on a par with #Haiyan - may everyone in the path of this monster be safe... #RollyPh #typhoon #goni #Philippines image via @cyclonicwx
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James Reynolds
1 year
In the eyewall of #typhoon #haikui in Chenggong #Taiwan
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James Reynolds
6 years
That eye!! 😬😬 Blue dot marks my location super #typhoon #OmpongPH #Mangkhut #Philippines
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James Reynolds
6 years
Super #typhoon #OmpongPh #Mangkhut update from NE tip of Luzon #Philippines
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James Reynolds
4 years
For the first time in ages got my big stills camera out and borrowed a bit of elevation from nearby housing complex - stunning! #tokyo #storm cc @arakencloud
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James Reynolds
6 years
Yamato deliver dude should NOT be working in these conditions #typhoon #Jebi #Japan #weather #storm
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James Reynolds
4 years
Wait for it....
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James Reynolds
1 year
Always choose the window seat
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James Reynolds
13 days
Enough, just stop it already…
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James Reynolds
2 months
Getting too dangerous to be on the street now, flying debris starting to fill the air in these powerful, ripping gusts - video from my chase partner Mark Thomas #typhoon #Gaemi #Taiwan
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James Reynolds
7 months
Thunder snow - one of life’s true treasures! In Tokyo of all places… ⚡️ ❄️
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James Reynolds
6 years
Some blue sky, in the eye! #typhoon #Trami #Okinawa #Japan
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James Reynolds
3 years
Reminded of the time the Shimen Dam in Taiwan opened its flood gates and they let me walk right up to it
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James Reynolds
1 year
And that’s a wrap - for those just logging on, here’s a recap as powerful #typhoon #Haikui crashed into SE #Taiwan earlier this afternoon. The storm is still bringing a deluge to many parts of the island. This was one of the most high intensity precip storms I’ve seen
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James Reynolds
11 months
Holy cow - full on white out raging eye wall conditions in Kenting now #typhoon #koinu
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James Reynolds
3 years
New Year Fuji-San 😍
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James Reynolds
5 years
Moving to higher ground - waves and surge hammering the little fishing harbour I’m in (don’t try this at home - I had an escape route behind me) Ebisu island #japan #typhoon #Hagibis
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James Reynolds
1 year
Air is filled with intense, swirling precip whilst lightning illuminates the sky! #typhoon #mawar #guam
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James Reynolds
6 years
Out all day filming at #Krakatau - didn’t witness any explosive eruption but to see and shoot the vast changes at the volcano is mind blowing. Many images to come but here’s a teaser (shot outside 5km danger zone.) #volcano #Indonesia
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James Reynolds
4 years
Japan - the snowiest country in the world 😍
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雪国育ちは大変ですね。 なんか可愛いく見えてきた笑
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James Reynolds
5 months
You can see the violent shaking on this live camera from Hualien in Taiwan - Ishigaki in Japan live camera shows vessels rapidly leaving the port
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5 years
Most significant uplift / crack I’ve seen yet - looks to be at least 1ft+ torn up the road and damaged a wall - it runs NNE-SSW directly towards #Taal #volcano #Philippines
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James Reynolds
4 years
Absolute beauty! #tokyo cc @arakencloud
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James Reynolds
1 year
Wind is starting to pick up and squalls are getting more vigorous. Per @NWSGuam storm is 120 miles SE of #Guam moving NW at 7mph - super #typhoon #mawar
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James Reynolds
6 years
Devastating blow for those looking to make new connections 😢
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James Reynolds
6 years
First off let’s start with coast of Rakata which faces Anak #Krakatau - this is one of camping spots where you could stay out overnight & watch the #volcano erupt. No surprises it’s been decimated by a huge #tsunami and landslides. Scoured area looks to be at least 25m high
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James Reynolds
1 year
We’re about 24hrs out from the closest approach of #typhoon #mawar on Guam. The satellite imagery concerns me, extremely deep convection surrounding an eye that looks like it’s trying to clear out. Folks here need to be prepared for possibility of direct hit from a cat 4
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James Reynolds
3 years
Spectacular! The best year of thunderstorms since I’ve lived in Tokyo
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James Reynolds
5 years
Losing light and taking an absolute pounding here at Ebisu island - full force of #typhoon #Hagibis moving ashore now #Japan
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James Reynolds
4 years
#typhoon #Haishen lashing Japan's Amami Oshima today - a long and exhausting day for everyone. Thankfully I didn't see any major damage in the areas I drove through but power is out widely - media please contact for licensing inquires #台風第10号 #奄美大島
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James Reynolds
7 years
Interesting textures forming in ash cloud at higher altitude, bit like anvil of a thunderstorm #Kirishima #volcano #新燃岳 #火山 #Japan
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James Reynolds
4 years
Super #typhoon #RollyPH #Goni joining an elite but dreaded club that is the West Pacific’s most powerful storms. 160kts from JTWC is pretty rare - hopefully it weakens substantially before landfall but anyone in the warning zone needs to take this extremely seriously
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James Reynolds
5 years
Relating a message from @ExtremeStorms from a trusted 3rd party - everyone staying at the HopeTown Inn in Hope Town #Bahamas is safe. They got the eye and Jim measured 911.2hPa minimum pressure during #hurricane #Dorian
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James Reynolds
1 year
Tropical storm force winds are blowing across #Guam now, a few branches and shallow rooted trees down. Expecting winds to continually escalate through the afternoon. #typhoon #mawar (NO MEDIA USE without license)
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James Reynolds
1 year
Still atrocious conditions in southern Okinawa, no let up yet from #typhoon #khanun
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James Reynolds
3 years
Feeling like an utterly mad Englishman, trudging across this bridge at night through knee deep drifts with my umbrella in heaving snow - but absolutely loving it!! ❄️ 🇯🇵
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James Reynolds
7 years
Spectacular volcanic eruption at Kirishima in Japan - close up view!
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James Reynolds
1 year
Most people have no idea how rugged, stunning beautiful #Taiwan is, but that makes it one of the toughest places in the world to chase tropical cyclones and brings a whole load of added risks with it #typhoon #haiku
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Big surges of wind and flying rain whipping through Makurazaki - still not in the eyewall of #typhoon #shanshan yet
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James Reynolds
3 years
This is the footage he shared with me #semeru #volcano #Indonesia
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1 year
Scenes from around Tumon Bay, #Guam the day after #typhoon #mawar - lots of tree damage, power and water out, hum of generators everywhere, immediate shoreline battered by surge and some cars shunted around by wind
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James Reynolds
3 years
RESCUED! The hotel lobby’s floor was not a safe place for you my little friend
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James Reynolds
24 days
I cannot stress enough how lucky south east Japan and Tokyo region are that this is passing just offshore. This is a remarkable specimen of a #typhoon , extremely rare in this part of the basin. Hard to imagine the impacts if it was tracking 150km to the west #ampil
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James Reynolds
3 years
2 years ago today - staring into the heavens whilst surrounded by the towering eyewall of powerful cat 4 typhoon Lingling - one of the most incredible natural phenomena I’ve ever witnessed
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James Reynolds
5 years
Losing light, ferocious out there Ebisu island #Japan #typhoon #Hagibis
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James Reynolds
5 years
Pretty strong #earthquake just north of Manila in #Philippines just now - M6.3 any friends in area feel it?!
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10 years ago: satellite image is seared into my mind. Never before seen anything like this. A donut of off scale grey convection surrounding perfectly clear eye, JTWC intensity of 195mph. We knew our waterfront hotel was now a death trap & we had to move urgently #yolanda #haiyan
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James Reynolds
7 years
Just a disclaimer about my current location shooting the eruption of #Shinmoedake - I’m outside the exclusion zone & not in “danger” zone
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James Reynolds
5 years
Tagaytay Highlands - must have been raining here during the eruption because everything is coasted in a rock solid layer of volcanic ash - the vegetation has taken a beating #taal #volcano #Philippines
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2 years
Update from Hoi An, #vietnam after #typhoon #noru made landfall in the early hours this morning. This is what I’ve seen walking around town so far
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James Reynolds
8 years
Security guard in this building extremely lucky not to be injured! Super #typhoon #Nepartak
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James Reynolds
2 years
Work in action: keep an eye out for @netflix new series EARTHSTORM - I supplied the producers numerous shots for the Hurricane, Volcano and Earthquake episodes!
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James Reynolds
6 years
Full footage I shot today of #typhoon #Trami battering Okinawa - next up mainland #Japan stay safe everyone
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James Reynolds
1 year
The roads, terrain and weather I’m dealing with right now #Taiwan #typhoon #haikui
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James Reynolds
5 years
Another big crack across a small heavily ash covered back road near #taal #volcano #Philippines
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2 years
Major #earthquake in south eastern Taiwan, shallow M7.2 near Taitung. Friend in Taipei messaged saying pics knocked off walls etc. - this looks very serious
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James Reynolds
6 years
I’ll round off this thread with a final before and after comparison. First image shot back in August 2018, typical explosive activity. And now... #Krakatau #volcano
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James Reynolds
2 months
Powerful, damaging gusts ripping through Suao now blowing sheets of intense rain. #typhoon #gaemi inching closer to Taiwan
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James Reynolds
11 months
The meme game is strong with this typhoon! Koinu - 子犬means puppy in Japanese and right now on the scale in the top left image, it’s the Husky (Thanks Mark Chang for sharing)
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James Reynolds
2 years
Conditions steadily going downhill here on Miyako #typhoon #hinnamnor
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James Reynolds
2 years
A few hastily edited shots from #typhoon #Nanmadol as it crashed ashore in Kagoshima prefecture #japan today - now I must sleep!
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James Reynolds
1 year
Starting to daylight - some of the strongest gusts of the storm so far hitting now. #typhoon #mawar is moving really slowly near #Guam so expecting hours more like this
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James Reynolds
1 year
Winds have really eased off now in Chenggong- the worst is over. But the threat of floods and landslide will continue for many hours to come over the mountains interior of #Taiwan - another shot as #typhoon #haikui made landfall a couple hours ago
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James Reynolds
1 year
Wind coming in strong surges, calmer moments then big gusts sweeping across the waterfront #typhoon #saola #HongKong
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James Reynolds
5 years
Last crack video I promise but this one is pretty interesting - imagine that opening up in your yard 😳 #taal #volcano #Philippines
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James Reynolds
3 years
Today, perfect Fuji-san! 🌋
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James Reynolds
2 years
Getting lashed by an heavy rain band near Ibusuki #japan #typhoon #Nanmadol
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27 days
Excuse me, what?!
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James Reynolds
2 years
9 years ago today - @iCyclone and I staring down the barrel of a storm like no other #haiyan #yolandaph
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James Reynolds
7 years
Shinmoedake #volcano in SW #Japan #erupting right now, the roaring is incredible #新燃岳
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James Reynolds
2 years
Not how tropical cyclones in the Philippines sea usually look… torrential rains a threat for portions of Luzon though so be aware if you’re in the path of this thing #floritaPH
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James Reynolds
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It’s a beautiful, tranquil morning in Tacloban, the air is thick and not a breathe of wind. 10 years ago at this moment, the city and its people were fighting for their lives #typhoon #yolanda #haiyan
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Exceptional circumstances call for some BIG changes. I'm turning my career on its head & from now on throwing everything behind this series! 16 years, 74 chases, 20+ eruptions it's time to finally bring YOU along to nature's extreme front lines
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