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A super typhoon ripped through Philippines’ largest ... A further 18,000 were preemptively evacuated from the Eastern Samar and Samar provinces, PNA reported, with patients and staff members of ...
Haiyan's first landfall was at Guiuan in Eastern Samar, where the typhoon touched down at 4:40 am. [69] [70] Nearly all structures in the township suffered at least partial damage, many of which were completely flattened. [71]
Eastern Samar tends to be battered by tropical storms during Pacific typhoon season. Most times, 90% of a storm landfall is likely to be Suluan Island. On November 8, 2013, Suluan Island was the first victim of the Typhoon Haiyan (Super Typhoon Yolanda) before navigating to Guiuan which had a tremendous impact not only on the island's economy ...
Guiuan recorded a total population of 38,694 in 2000, which rose to 47,037 in 2010 and 52,991 in 2015. [26] It has the second largest population in Eastern Samar (after Borongan) with a population density of 270 persons per km 2. Majority or 97.7% of the Guiuananons speak the Waray-Waray language.
The previous three storms -- Typhoon Yinxing, Typhoon Kong-rey ... (450 mm) across northern Luzon as well as southern and parts of eastern Taiwan Thursday, Nov. 14, into Saturday, Nov. 16. This ...
[42] [43] [44] As the system developed into a typhoon, portions of Samar and Eastern Samar were placed under Signal #3. [45] The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) suspended sea trips in the northern tip of Mindanao as early as September 6. [46] The PCG also suspended trips in Eastern Samar, Capiz, Negros Occidental, and the Bicol Region on September 7.
One of this year’s most powerful storms made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, after killing at least four people and injuring at least 95 others in southern China, according to state media.
Several hours later, the eye of the cyclone made its first landfall in the Philippines at Guiuan, Eastern Samar, with an intensity of 305 km/h (85 m/s; 190 mph). This ties it with Typhoon Meranti as the second strongest landfall on record by maximum sustained 1-minute wind speeds, after Typhoon Goni.