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The Tacloban government spent ₱2.8 million for the conversion of the bow to a memorial park, a process which took five months. [8] The park was inaugurated on November 7, 2015 on the eve of the second anniversary of the Typhoon Haiyan tragedy. [1] [2]
Haiyan was last noted as a tropical depression by the JMA on the following day. The first warning noted for Haiyan was in November 3, when a storm warning arose in the Federated States of Micronesia, specifically in the Chuuk Lagoon, Losap, and Poluwat, gradually expanding to other towns as well. Warnings rose for a second time in Micronesia ...
November 8 – Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda), the deadliest Philippine typhoon [41] [42] on record, causes catastrophic destruction in the Visayas, particularly on the islands of Samar and Leyte, killing 6,300 people. About 11 million people have been affected by the typhoon with many left homeless.
This resulted to a record-breaking mapping updates response enabling over a million map updates in only a week after Haiyan's landfall. [114] The contributed mapping data enabled street-level accurate post-disaster maps on various islands in the Visayas region hit by typhoon Haiyan to OpenStreetMap.
This made Haiyan the strongest storm globally to make landfall, in terms of 1-minute sustained wind speeds, until the record was broken by Super Typhoon Rolly (Goni) 7 years later. Upon impact, the storm produced a large storm surge, which was a primary cause for the abnormally high death toll of nearly 7,000 people Haiyan caused in the ...
Suluan quincentennial monument and historical marker, unveiled as part of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
The state is seeing big improvements at Haena State Park's lush valleys after cracking down on illegal campers in Kalalau.
After the project was taken over by Sunac, the newly-rebranded Sunac Water Park held its official grand opening on June 26, 2021. [28] The waterpark spans an area of 105,000 m 2 (26 acres) and features more than 27 waterslides (18 unique attractions). [9] All of the park's waterslides were provided by WhiteWater West.