Estimates by me may differ from official reports - Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda) shows us the catastrophic consequences a single tropical cyclone can have. The storm started off in the Philippine sea in early November 2013. The storm rapidly intensified into a major and eventually a category 5. Despite forecasts to weaken, Haiyan continued to intensify, becoming one of the strongest storms in recorded history with winds of 200 mph. After weakening a little, Haiyan struck the Philippines with winds of 195 mph, making it the strongest landfall in recorded history globally. The storm was large, and a very large amount of people felt tropical storm and hurricane force winds. After blowing through the Philippines, the storm entered the south china sea and weakened, striking the China-Vietnam boarder as a category 1. Haiyan's impacts in the Philippines still are beyond my limits of imagination. The storm brought a storm surge of 27 feet that engulfed the Tacloban region. Over 6,000 people died, and today, over 7 years later, over a thousand people remain unaccounted for. Given the highly populated landfall site and the intensification up to landfall, I consider Haiyan a worst case scenario. The highest a major weather model forecasted was 205 mph. Special Thanks to @TreganRed for the recording of the song - Tags: #Scratchmaster295 #TropicalCyclone #Hurricane #Typhoon #Meteorology #TyphoonHaiyan #Haiyan #TyphoonYolanda #Yolanda #YolandaPH #Category5 #Weather #Animations #Philippines
