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Typhoon Haiyan Facts

Typhoon Haiyan Facts
Typhoon Haiyan took place on November 8, 2013, in Southeast Asia, and is one of the most devastating and intense tropical storm systems on record. The majority of damage occurred in the Philippines, where at least 6,300 people were killed. Two months after typhoon Haiyan occurred, there were still victims being found. Typhoon Haiyan is also referred to as Super Typhoon Yolanda. Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The environmental impact of typhoon Haiyan included an oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo. Many countries around the world made large donations to humanitarian efforts to help the victims and survivors.
Interesting Typhoon Haiyan Facts:
Typhoon Haiyan began to be monitored on November 2, 2013, by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. It began approximately 265 miles from Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
On November 3 the storm was classified as a tropical depression. It was upgraded to a tropical storm on November 4th.
On November 5th an eye developed and it was classified a typhoon later the same day.
On November 6th it was given the name Yolanda by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.
On November 6th the storm's intensity slowed slightly. The eye of the storm passed over Palau's island Kayangel.
On November 7th typhoon Haiyan attained wind speeds of 145 miles per hour for 10 minutes and 195 miles per hour for sustained periods of one minute.
On November 7th typhoon Haiyan reached Guiuan, Eastern Samar, making landfall and becoming the strongest storm on record to make landfall.
Typhoon Haiyan was a category 5 storm, meaning it was the highest storm strength.
Typhoon Haiyan was the strongest of all tropical cyclones to have made landfall.
The wind speed sustained at 195 miles an hour which broke the previous 190 mile an hour record. Some gusts reached 235 miles an hour.
During typhoon Haiyan the sea level surged at times by 13 feet.
The WHO (World Health Organization) classified typhoon Haiyan as a category 3 disaster. This was the same rating given to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
Over 1.9 million people were left homeless after typhoon Haiyan. The storm destroyed or damaged more than 281,000 homes.
In the areas hardest hit by typhoon Haiyan, 90% of the homes were lost.
The biggest immediate threats to those who survived the storm included the lack of shelter, clean drinking water, lack of medical help, insufficient food supplies, and lack of hygiene items and proper sanitation.
The cost of typhoon Haiyan to the Philippines was $14 billion.
Thousands of people were missing after typhoon Haiyan had passed.
The name Yolanda was removed from storm naming lists because of the number of people that died and the devastation it caused.
Following typhoon Haiyan, looting and violence broke out in Tacloban City. Relief trucks were attacked, along with grocery stores and malls.
The recovery efforts were slow which left many people looting to find food and other supplies to survive in the immediate aftermath of the storm.


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