10 000 Feared Dead After Typhoon Haiyan Strikes the Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan of November 2013 is set to be the strongest landfall tropical cyclones to ever be recorded; wind speeds of 196 km/h and rainfall of 281.9 mm in just 12 hours.
The thirtieth named storm, thirteenth typhoon, and fifth super-typhoon of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season, Haiyan originated as an area of low pressure east-southeast of Pohnpei in the western Pacific Ocean on November 2. The now large disturbance steadily developed within an environment of light wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures, becoming a tropical depression on November 3. It was categorized as a typhoon on November 5.
As national government authorities started to survey the hit areas on November 9, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that the Philippine Red Cross feared a death toll of approximately 1,200. On November 10, the Governor of Leyte estimated that as many as 10,000 people may have died, as a result of this natural catastrophe. Additionally, 70–80 percent of the Elmer Soria area was destroyed in the path of Haiyan on Leyte.
Officials placed police officers in the Bicol Region in prep for the storm. In the provinces of Samar and Leyte, classes were canceled, and residents in flood- and landslide-prone areas were required to leave. Some of the storm-threatened areas were affected by an earlier earthquake in Bohol. The Philippine President requested the military to deploy planes and helicopters to the region expected to be affected. As Haiyan was moving very fast, officials issued further warnings at different levels to about 60 of the 80 provinces, including the capital Metro Manila.
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