[Lu Stout:] Welcome back. You're watching News Stream. Now another sypertyphoon is heading toward the Philippines. Mari Ramos joins us for more. She joins us from the world weather center Mari.
[Mari Ramos, Cnn Weather Correspondent:] It seems like the same old story across this area, Kristie. It's been so active for this part of the world. So let's go ahead and get right to it, because this is a very dangerous weather system that is approaching a very vulnerable area. It's Supertyphoon Hainan is the name. And right now it's affecting areas from Palau to Yap with very strong winds, close to 250 kilometers per hour. So we're really talking about a major storm here. And get this, it could actually intensify even more as it continues on that west, maybe west- northwesterly track over toward the Philippine Islands. So the when we talk about this storm, we really don't think it's going to deviate too much from this track. There's high pressure in place that is expected to remain there. And what happens is the storm kind of his to ride around this big area of high pressure. So the time line looks like this. By tomorrow evening, the center of the storm, the eye of the storm will be right here. And you move this to this, well guess what, you'll end up with already the outer bands of this storm affecting this area. I think we'll start to see that already tomorrow. Very high waves will start to affect this region as well. And then by Friday the center of the storm will begin approaching land. By then, most of that moisture will the other half of this storm, I should say, will still be back over here across the Philippines bringing some very heavy rain. So if you're preparing for this storm you basically have overnight tonight and possibly the early hours of tomorrow to finish getting ready. That's very important. So the winds could be in excess of 200 kilometers per hour, especially near that center of circulation. The farther away you are from that center, the lesser the wind impacts. But the storm surge should be very large, especially on the north and front side of the storm. So wherever the eye makes landfall, north of that, that's where you'll have the highest storm surge. The rain will be quite heavy all along those areas. And the threat for flooding and mudslides will remain across the entire region. I want to talk to you about the rain very quickly. Here's the Philippines all the way over there. This is that center of the storm moving in that general direction. There you see it. And then once we head into the landmasses, look at this, a lot of places that will be in the 15 to 25 centimeter rainfall. And I think that will start happening about probably this time tomorrow you'll definitely already start seeing some of that rainfall that will be quite significant across those regions. So, something to monitor very, very specifically. After that, this storm we think is going to move into the South China Sea still as a typhoon. And one last thing, notice the winds, 270 kilometers per hour by this time tomorrow, but then it begins to weaken just a little bit, we think, before it actually makes landfall. But still, 230 kilometer per hour winds, Kristie, is very active. We've already had five storms that have hit the Philippines so far this year since January. If this one stays on track, which we think it will, it will be number six. Back to you.
[Lu Stout:] Wow. Now in addition to that super typhoon, you're also looking at this new report out today about a record level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What can you tell us?
[Ramos:] Yeah, this is very interesting report from the World Meteorological Organization. They're talking about this annual report that they put every year on how much greenhouse gases are concentrated in the atmosphere. So it's not about how much is put out into the atmosphere, it's how much actually remains, because about half of what is put out into the atmosphere tends to remain in the air. And it actually stays there for quite a long time. So they're saying that things like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are the three main gases that we have to be concerned about when it comes to greenhouse gas concentrations, carbon dioxide being the number one culprit here and the one that we have to watch the most and that is the one that had the highest level. The CO2 in the atmosphere grew faster between 2011 and 2012 than any other time in history. And that's about 41 percent higher than preindustrial levels. And that's extremely high, because even if we stop putting all carbon dioxide into the atmosphere right now, it will take hundreds and hundreds of years for that to actually begin to make a change. And of course these greenhouse gases are the ones that are being blamed for much of the climate change that's occurring here on Earth, including those warming trends that we're starting to see and that we have seen over the last few years across so many different parts of the world. Climate change is real. And this is just another call to action, call for action to curb carbon emissions I think, Kristie. And I'll be tweeting the report that came out in just a little while. Back to you.
[Lu Stout:] Yeah, please do share it to a wider audience. I mean, this is incredible and the amount of greenhouse gas that's out there, and it is indeed on the rise, a very significant update. Thank you very much indeed Mari Ramos. Now, growing up in Cameroon, Georges Bwelle, he witnessed firsthand the need for affordable health care. And he watched helplessly as his own father suffered for years with a serious illness. So Bwelle, he trained to become a doctor and now provides medical care and surgery for free. And take a look at the remarkable work of this CNN Hero.
[Georges Bwelle, Doctor:] For a country like mine, people like to dream, to dance, to enjoy their life, but with poverty they cannot enjoy their life. To go to the village is a pleasure. If I can help two or three people, that could be great. I saw my father ill for 23 years. Before he passed away he asked me, do you see how people suffer to see a doctor? Please, if you graduate to be a doctor help people. My name is Georges Bwelle. I bring free surgery and health services to people of [inaudible]. They're beating the drums to say thanks to come. They can live 60 kilometers around and they are coming [inaudible]. [through translator]: So are you also her for the operation? We are starting by doing consultation. [through translator]: We will do the exams to see the possibilities for this mass. And in the afternoon, we have a list of patients that we are going to operate. We need our generator, because in the village there is no light. We start doing operations until Sunday morning. We are doing around 40 surgical operations for free.
[Unidentified Male:] I have no money, that's why they brought me here. This will change my future in my family.
[Bwelle:] We leave our address to all the patients that if there's any problem they can come back to us. I help people and they are happy. I am doing that to give them opportunity to restart.
[Lu Stout:] Great story. Now Georges Bwelle is just one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2013. And you can help decide who will be the CNN Hero of the year. Go online and vote at CNNHeroes.com for the person who inspires you the most. Now you're watching News Stream and still to come a Mexican staple is becoming pretty mainstream in the United States. We'll examine the growing American appetite for tortillas.