Typhoon Haiyan
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Updated: 10 Oct 2018
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Created byThomas Pemberton
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Typhoon Haiyan strikes the PhillipinesFirst tracking of the Typhoon
Haiyan which formed from
an area of low pressure
several hundred kilometers
south east of PhonpelTyphhon Haiyan becomes
a fully fledged tropical storm after
having built up rapidly over the
past couple of days.The typhoon first strikes land as the
most powerful tropical storm everThe Philippines faced a humanitarian
crisis with 1.9 million homeless and
over 6 million displacedA large storm surge 4m high made worse
by a bay which funnelled the water
to the city, hit Tacloban City, this
killed far more people than the high winds.Less affected areas report
that their population almost
doubled due to the influx of
refugeescausualties were reported as a
lack of aid in the affected
areaAn estimated 71000 hectres of farmland
were destroyed causing approximately
$85 million of damage
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