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Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
Typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Haiyan Nov 7 2013 1345Z.png
Typhoon Haiyan at peak intensity, on November 7
Formed November 3, 2013
Dissipated November 11, 2013
Highest winds 10-minute sustained: 230 km/h (145 mph)
1-minute sustained: 315 km/h (195 mph)
Lowest pressure 895 hPa (mbar); 26.43 inHg
(Estimated)
Fatalities 6,241 confirmed, 1,785 missing
Damage $1.5 billion (2013 USD)
(Preliminary total)
Areas affected
Part of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Haiyan (or Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines) is one of the strongest tropical cyclones in history. It formed on November 2, 2013, in the western Pacific Ocean. It began east-southeast of Pohnpei. The storm later hit the Philippines with extremely high winds and a strong storm surge. It has caused major damage in the Visayas. Hundreds of people have died in the storm. The director of Meteorology at Weather Underground, Jeff Masters, said this could be the strongest tropical system to reach land. Haiyan's winds were near 195 miles an hour.

Images for kids

  • Comparison between Haiyan and Katrina

    Comparison between Haiyan and Katrina

  • Haiyan 2013-11-06 0225Z

    Typhoon Haiyan near Palau on November 6

  • YolandaRainfallWarning

    PAGASA raised rainfall warning advisory in the Central and Eastern Visayas during the passage of Haiyan (Yolanda).

  • Yolanda PSWS Map

    PSWS Map in the Philippines during the passage of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).

  • Typhoon Haiyan 2013 making landfall

    Animated enhanced infrared satellite loop of Typhoon Haiyan from peak intensity to landfall in the Philippines

  • PAGASA Cebu City weather radar reflectivity loop from November 8, 2013

    Weather radar reflectivity loop of Haiyan's landfall on Leyte Island. Tacloban City was struck by the northern eyewall, the most powerful part of the storm.

  • Visayas, Philippines power outage before and after Haiyan 2013

    Animated satellite comparison of power outages across the Visayas following Typhoon Haiyan.

  • ReliefNet Map of Damaged houses Typhoon Haiyan.pdf

    Map of damaged houses by municipality showing track of storm, from the United Nations, as of November 18, 2013

  • Operation Damayan 131118-M-LT992-019

    An aerial view of Guiuan, the town where the typhoon made its first landfall

  • U.S. Marine Corps HC-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and other military aircraft sit on the tarmac at an airport in Guiuan, Philippines, waiting to airlift Philippine 131117-N-XN177-381

    Devastated coconut trees in Guiuan

  • Tacloban Typhoon Haiyan 2013-11-13

    The remains of a home destroyed by the storm in Tacloban City.

  • Tacloban Typhoon Haiyan 2013-11-14

    Debris littering the streets of Tacloban City on November 14, nearly a week after the storm struck.

  • US marines Typhoon Haiyan relief

    U.S. Marines assisting in the Philippine disaster relief.

  • First UK-funded humanitarian flight arrives in Cebu, Philippines - 10826427444

    First UK-funded humanitarian flight arrives at Mactan-Cebu International Airport.

  • Philippine island of Binuluanguan Following Typhoon Haiyan MOD 45156472

    The island of Binuluanguan overflown by a helicopter from HMS Daring.


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