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Update 12:19 p.m. EST: The first death toll figures of super typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan are in ... communications and electricity for much of the Philippines, meaning there's no way to tell yet ...
With wind speeds exceeding 190 miles an hour (305 kilometers an hour), super typhoon Haiyan—known as Yolanda in the Philippines—is the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.
This November 8 will mark the one-year anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda ... electric “jeepneys” to the Philippines. The goal has new relevance in the wake of Yolanda, also called Haiyan ...
BINALONAN, Philippines --Super Typhoon Haima slammed ... “We are possibly dealing with a typhoon that is even stronger than Typhoon Yolanda,” said Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea ...
Haiyan, which is the Chinese word for a petrel seabird, is referred to as "Yolanda" in the Philippines, Masters said. It is the 28th named storm of the 2013 western Pacific typhoon season.
But when compared to weather system that landed on the Philippines yesterday, I might as well have been grumping about a sunny day. Because Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda that just hit the Phillipines ...
Philippine Senator and Red Cross Chairman ... Many lived through Super Typhoon Yolanda, which killed more than 6,000 Filipinos in 2013 – and they’re not taking any chances now.
to the Philippines' deadliest typhoon in modern history, typhoon Yolanda, which was previously called typhoon Haiyan, all these storms went through a change of name after crossing the line in the ...