Environmental issues in the Philippines saw its average temperature rise by 0.65 degrees Celsius, with fewer recorded cold nights and more hot days. Since the 1970s, the number of typhoons during the "El Niño" season has increased. The Philippines has not only seen 0.15 meters of sea level rise since 1940, but also seen 0.6 to 1 degree Celsius increase in sea surface temperatures since 1910, and 0.09 degree c increase in ocean temperatures since 1950. During the time period from 1990 to 2006, the Philippines experienced a number of record-breaking weather events, including the strongest typhoon (wind speeds), the most destructive typhoons (damages), the
The City in the Sea poem "The City in the Sea". A performed version of the poem was included on the 1997 album "Closed on Account of Rabies", though the name of the poem was given as "The City and the Sea". Basil Rathbone narrated the story in the Caedmon audio collection "Edgar Allan Poe: The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection", Caedmon Records – CD 4148(5), released on CD in 2000. The German metal band The Ocean used "The City in the Sea" as lyrics, only swapping a few lines to fit rhythmical patterns of the song. It was used both due to the band's