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PSWS Map in the Philippines during the passage of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Officials placed police officers in the Bicol Region ahead of the storm. [ 37 ] In the provinces of Samar and Leyte , classes were canceled, and residents in flood- and landslide-prone areas were required to evacuate. [ 38 ]
This resulted to a record-breaking mapping updates response enabling over a million map updates in only a week after Haiyan's landfall. [114] The contributed mapping data enabled street-level accurate post-disaster maps on various islands in the Visayas region hit by typhoon Haiyan to OpenStreetMap.
The West Pacific is the most active and the north Indian the least active. An average of 86 tropical cyclones of tropical storm intensity form annually worldwide, with 47 reaching hurricane/typhoon strength, and 20 becoming intense tropical cyclones, super typhoons, or major hurricanes (at least of Category 3 intensity). [1]
Among them, Haiyan (far right; on the third row) was the most intense with minimum central pressure of 895 hPa. Throughout 2013, 139 tropical cyclones formed in seven different areas called basins. Of these, 67 have been named by various weather agencies when they attained maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h, 40 mph).
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) at its peak strength in November 2013. June 19, 2013: Tropical Depression Fabian briefly affects the western coast of the country with moderate rainfall. June 28–29, 2013: Tropical Storm Rumbia (Gorio) impacts Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas. July 17, 2013: Tropical Storm Cimaron (Isang) brushes the northeastern ...
Tropical Storm Man-yi now looks to track toward the west-northwest this weekend with landfall possible in Luzon on Sunday as a Category 3 hurricane equivalent (110-129 mph/178-207 km/h) on the ...
November 10, 2013 — Typhoon Haiyan (Bão số 14) brought widespread rainfall and gusty winds over Northern Vietnam. The typhoon killed 18 people, and left two missing with 93 others being injured. [23] Economic losses in Vietnam were amounted to ₫669 billion (US$31.67 million). [24]