Typhoon yolanda

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Haiyan is the Chinese word for petrel, a type of bird that lives over the open sea and returns to land only for breeding. The storm is known as Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. Photos below show divers(e) places in the Philippines hit by "Yolanda" Basey, Samar "more than 300" killed here. Bantayan Island. @ZachStieber Bogo City, by @ZachStieber Boracay Island "relatively unscathed" Medellin, Cebu "heartbreaking amount of damage" Madridejos, Cebu, not much left. @EJMcCrane Legaspi…

Super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda in the Philippines) is the strongest storm ever to make a landfall. With a sustained wind of 315 kph/195 mph no other storms in the Atlantic has ever been this strong...

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Storm billed as biggest ever to make landfall sends 195mph winds and five-metre waves slamming into islands

An aerial view of devastation and a ship after it was swept at the height of super typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban last Friday in this handout provided by Philippine Air Force.

Typhoon Yolanda by Boy Velara 2015

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