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Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. Upon making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines during early November 2013. [ 1 ]
The 2013 Pacific typhoon season was a devastating and catastrophic season that was the most active since 2004, ... Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Typhoon Yolanda ...
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 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]
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 ...
The thirteenth typhoon of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season, Haiyan originated from an area of low pressure several hundred kilometers east-southeast of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia on November 2.
PAGASA releases typhoon warnings to the public. Until recently, the warning scale it used was a four-point scale, with Signal #4 being the highest possible warning issued to a locality. However, a fifth warning signal was introduced in the 2010s for powerful typhoons since Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013. In 2022, PAGASA revised its own ...
MV Eva Jocelyn washed ashore by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. The MV Eva Jocelyn was originally a cargo ship owned by Mandaue-based Eva Shipping Lines. [4] During the onslaught of Typhoon Haiyan (locally known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda) in November 8, 2013, [5] Eva Jocelyn was pushed inland by storm surges.