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Typhoon Haiyan, called Yolanda in the Philippines, caused catastrophic damage throughout much of the islands of Leyte, where cities and towns were largely destroyed. [62] By April 17, 2016, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) confirmed 6,300 fatalities across the country, 5,902 of those taking place in the ...
The 2013 Pacific typhoon season was a ... Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Typhoon Yolanda, caused 6,300 fatalities and over US$2 billion damage in the Philippines ...
Later that week, Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) entered the area as a rapidly intensifying storm system with a fast-pace speed and was named Yolanda by PAGASA. The monstrous typhoon first made landfall over eastern Visayas with the JTWC unofficially estimating wind speeds of up to 305 km/h (190 mph).
Typhoon Danas enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility and given the name Ramil as it becomes a Category 3 typhoon. October 7 0000 UTC — The JMA reports that Typhoon Danas has reached its peak intensity, with 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 165 km/h (105 mph).
October 31, 2013: Typhoon Krosa (Vinta) makes landfall over the northwestern tip of Cagayan. November 4, 2013: Tropical Depression Wilma affects southern Philippines. November 8, 2013: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) brushes Visayas as an intense typhoon, killing 6,352 people. It was also the costliest typhoon in the Philippines. November 11, 2013 ...
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 7, 2013, one of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded.. Since 1947, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified all typhoons in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (67 m/s; 150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, as super typhoons. [1]
More than 400,000 people in the Philippines were forced to flee their homes as powerful typhoon Man-yi slammed into the eastern island province of Catanduanes wrecking ... In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan ...
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.