Typhoon “Haiyan” has reached the Philippines. According to the National Weather Service of the violent storm on the island of Samar hit about 600 kilometers southeast of Manila in the country and moved rapidly toward the northwest. Approximately one million people sought refuge in shelters. Schools were closed, hundreds of flights were canceled. The air and maritime traffic was discontinued, many electricity and telephone lines were cut.
He expects catastrophic destruction in the fishing village of Guiuan, who was the first to “Haiyan” way, said the U.S. Weather Service meteorologist Jeff Masters from Weather Underground. Guiuan was cut off immediately after the arrival of the typhoon from the outside world. In the neighboring city of Tacloban roads were flooded and destroyed homes. There were landslides.
Secure data on victims and damage are difficult to obtain. The government reported three dead and seven injured. Two of the victims subsequently died of electric shock due to torn down cable. Most injuries were caused by flying debris to damage. The authorities expect increasing numbers of victims. TV pictures from Tacloban showed a road that was nearly half a meter under water. Roofs torn away by the wind drove through the floods
The cyclone whip up to five meters high waves that rolled to the coasts of the islands of Leyte and Samar. President Benigno Aquino had asked the people in the most vulnerable regions to leave coastal towns, river banks and slopes and seek safer areas.
About 18 hours, the typhoon “Haiyan” according to meteorologists over the Philippine islands will move. The super typhoon, such as the U.S. broadcaster CNN writes, the system giving the highest strength of a hurricane category 5 Such as super typhoon storms from a wind speed of 241 kilometers per hour are called. In “Haiyan” according to the typhoon warning agency of the U.S. Navy were measured just before impact to land wind speeds of 315 km / h with gusts even 380 km / h However, local meteorologists reported less high values and called as wind speed on impact on land 235 kilometers per hour, gusts 275
“Haiyan” is reported to be the strongest storm this year worldwide. The Philippines are made every year by around 20 severe storms. Weather expert master assumes that “Haiyan” the most violent cyclone that ever made landfall. “There are not many buildings that can withstand such high speeds.”
“In addition to strong gusts of wind, rain, on the banks of rivers and mudslides passing, we also anticipate the danger of floods in more than one hundred regions,” President Aquino said. In more than 30 provinces severe weather warnings apply, Aquino called on the residents to refrain from traveling.
“Haiyan” should be more than “Bopha” in December 2012, then 1901 people died in the Philippines, according to data from the World Disasters Report. Among the threatened regions are also the islands of Bohol and Cebu. These had been shaken in October by a severe earthquake.
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