Forecasters say Parma was still lingering off the northeastern coast of the Philippines Friday, as it began moving across the South China Sea toward Vietnam.

Parma, which formed on September 29, has already sustained for 13 days, and it is expected to last over 15 days, 3 times longer than the average length of typhoon.

In the first of our series of reports on "Saving the Planet", we find out how development of a wetland in Taiwan had brought disastrous consequences in the aftermath of Typhoon Parma.