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. [1]

Nov 7, 2023 · Forty-eight hours before its landfall, Yolanda intensified into a “super typhoon,” making it one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever to hit the Philippines.

Jul 13, 2014 · The Category 5 storm struck the Visayas region with devastating winds and towering waves. The storm struck with such force that even government-designated storm shelters were swept away. Haiyan, locally known as “Yolanda,” was the deadliest typhoon in the country’s modern record.

Nov 15, 2021 · November 8, 2013 was the date when super Typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan), hit the Philippines. The Eastern Visayas provinces were badly devastated. Southern Leyte experienced a month-long haul of no electricity. Gasoline-powered generators were sold out and people lined up for kerosene. Food items were vanishing quickly.

Nov 8, 2024 · ILOILO – Today, November 8, marks the 11th anniversary of the catastrophic Super Typhoon Yolanda which hit the Visayas, including this province, causing widespread destruction to livelihoods, homes, and lives.

On 8 November 2013, Supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) struck and severely damaged Tacloban and nearby geography in Eastern Visayas. Deemed the strongest typhoon ever to fall on land, it also caused the deaths of more than 6,000 people, mostly due to the accompanying storm surges.

Nov 8, 2022 · Yolanda, a Category 5 typhoon, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, leveling most of whatever structure was standing in Eastern Visayas in 2013. Romualdez, who represents Leyte, is from Tacloban, which has been hit hard by the typhoon.

Nov 8, 2018 · At 4.40 a.m. local time on Friday, November 8, 2013, the city of Guiuan (pop. ~52,000) on the island of Leyte, in the Eastern Visayas, Philippines, first experienced the full force of Typhoon Haiyan (Super Typhoon Yolanda) as it made landfall. The city’s mayor declared “100 percent damage.”

Jun 18, 2014 · Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) made first landfall in the early morning of 8 November and left a wide path of destruction and debris in its wake. It struck the Visayas causing immense damage and population displacement and killing nearly 6,000 people.

On 8 November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines. Vicious winds reached 315 kilometres per hour, laying waste to houses and tearing up trees. Tsunami-like storm surges inundated coastal settlements.