SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN DEVASTATES THE PHILIPPINES;

NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna,

Virginia, USA 

HAIYAN MOVES TOWARDS VIETNAM AND CHINA: SAT., NOV 9

HAIYAN: A SUPER TYPHOON

RATED AS PROBABLY THE STRONGEST TYPHOON EVER TO STRIKE THE

PHILIPPINES

ADVANCE EVACUATIONS

• 800,000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters.

AN EVACUATION CENTER

LANDFALL ON FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 8

FOUR HOURS OF FEAR AND DESTRUCTION

• Winds flattened hundreds of homes,• Heavy rainfall triggered mudslides and

flash flooding.• A storm surge with waves of up to 10 m

(30 feet) destroyed everything, sweeping people away and drowning thousands.

• Authorities said almost 800,000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters.

AN AERIAL VIEW

• It was like a tsunami," Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas told Reuters.

• "From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometer inland, there are no structures standing.

DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

TACLOBAN (ON LEYTE ISLAND) HIT THE HARDEST

SURVIVOR STORIES

• Survivors of the storm described towering waves that swept away all but the hardiest shelters.

STORM SURGE

DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

DESTRUCTION AND DEATH EVERYWHERE

DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

TACLOBAN AIRPORT

INITIAL IMPACTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

• Wide spread flooding and power outages

• Winds of 380 kph (290 mph)

• TACLOBAN hit very hard by the storm surge with many deaths

• Tacloban’s airport destroyed

INITIAL IMPACTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

• Loss of communication

• An estimated 10,000 people dead; EVEN HIGHER TOLL POSSIBLE

• Economic losses in the billions

SURVIVOR NEEDS

• Survivors are in desperate need of clean drinking water and food

• Survivors temporarily cut off from aid, and from their families in the Philippines as well as in other countries (e.g., 3 million in the USA)

USA MILITARY FORCES DISPATCHED TO ASSIST IN

WHAT WILL BE AN HISTORIC RELIEF EFFORT

MORE DEVASTATION AHEAD

1) ANOTHER TYPHOON RATED AS A HEAVY RAINMAKER WITH

APPROXIMATELY THE SAME PATH IS EXPECTED IN 3-4 DAYS