•         Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Typhoon Yolanda, was a powerful and very destructive typhoon that hit Palau, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China in early November 2013. In the land regions it went over, the tropical cyclone brought severe gusts, coastal storm surges, heavy rainfall, and floods. The central Philippines was by far the worst-affected region, with the typhoon wreaking havoc and killing thousands of people. It was widely regarded as the country's worst natural tragedy.

•         Haiyan was categorized as a super typhoon due to sustained wind gusts of greater than 150 mph. Its tremendous storm surge, on the other hand, was far more devastating. Tacloban City, on the island of Leyte, was assessed to be 90% devastated by local officials.

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Typhoon Haiyan timeline​

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Nov. 2: The storm is discovered as a low-pressure region in Micronesia 

Nov. 4: The system gets upgraded to a tropical storm and called Haiyan 

Nov. 6: It strikes Palau and areas of Micronesia. After growing in intensity for days, Typhoon Haiyan became a Category 5 storm, with wind speeds above 157 mph.

Nov. 7: Haiyan makes landfall in the Philippines 

Nov. 8: At 4:40 a.m., Haiyan makes landfall in Eastern Samar. It is still doing havoc in the Visayas, the Philippines' core island group.

Nov. 9: The storm travels out into the South China Sea and into Vietnam

Nov. 10: Haiyan makes a weak impact in northeast Vietnam before dissolving into rain bands over Guanxi, China