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Typhoon Yolanda: Facts and Impact

Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) was the strongest storm ever recorded to make landfall, hitting the central Philippines as a Category 5 typhoon in November 2013. It caused widespread destruction and over 6,300 deaths, with many killed by the massive storm surge. Relief efforts were hampered by damage to infrastructure and isolation of some areas. The typhoon caused over $95 billion in damages, devastating many coastal cities and towns.

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Typhoon Yolanda: Facts and Impact

Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) was the strongest storm ever recorded to make landfall, hitting the central Philippines as a Category 5 typhoon in November 2013. It caused widespread destruction and over 6,300 deaths, with many killed by the massive storm surge. Relief efforts were hampered by damage to infrastructure and isolation of some areas. The typhoon caused over $95 billion in damages, devastating many coastal cities and towns.

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Typhoon Yolanda (GROUP 5)

 The thirtieth named storm, thirteenth typhoon, and fifth super typhoon of the 2013 Pacific
typhoon season.
 It is the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record.
 Originated from an area of low pressure several hundred kilometers east-southeast of
Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia on November 2, 2013.
 Dissipated on November 11, 2013 over Guangxi Province, China.
 Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines on November 8, 2013, as a Category 5
storm at Guiuian, Eastern Samar.
 Wind gusts exceeded 305 kilometers (190 miles) per hour at first landfall
 The most powerful storm ever recorded to strike land.
 The powerful front drove a giant wall of seawater called a storm surge, estimated to be
7.5 meters (24.6 feet) high, into coastal towns like Tacloban, a city of 240,000 people.
 Major cause of fatalities was the storm surge and not the strong winds.
 Widespread power interruptions, landslides, and flash floods were also reported.
 53 domestic and international airline flights were canceled.
 Relief and rescue efforts were underway by November 9, but some places remained
isolated and out of communication due to severe damage.
 By November 11, the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, Cebu, Iloilo, Leyte, Palawan, and
Samar were placed under a state of national calamity
 According to estimates on November 13, only 20 percent of the affected population in
Tacloban City was receiving aid.
 Typhoon Haiyan knocked over Power Barge 103 of NAPOCOR in Estancia, Iloilo
causing an oil spill.
 Throughout Tacloban City, widespread looting took place in the days following Haiyan's
passage.
 Total number of casualties in the Philippines is 6300, while 1061 persons are still
missing.
 The amount of the damage was 95.5 billion pesos.
 Senator Panfilo Lacson was appointed by Former President Benigno Ninoy Aquino as
Typhoon Haiyan Rehabilitation Czar.
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