Typhoon Haiyan

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Typhoon Haiyan was one of the strongest and deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded, devastating large parts of the Philippines and surrounding regions in November 2013.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Typhoon Haiyan canonical 3
Typhoon Yolanda 3
Super Typhoon Haiyan 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pacific typhoon
super typhoon
tropical cyclone
affectedCountry China
Micronesia
Palau
Philippines
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
affectedRegion Southeast Asia
Western Pacific
alsoKnownAs Super Typhoon Haiyan
linked to: Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Yolanda
linked to: Typhoon Haiyan
basin Western Pacific Ocean
categoryOnSSHWS Category 5
countryDeclaredStateOfCalamity Philippines
dateOfPhilippinesLandfall 2013-11-08
displacedPeople_estimate over 4 million
dissipatedOn 2013-11-11
economicDamage_estimate_USD over 2800000000
fatalities_estimate over 6300
fatalitiesInPhilippines_estimate over 6000
formedOn 2013-11-03
hardestHitProvince Leyte
Samar
linked to: Samar Province
hardestHitRegion Eastern Visayas
landfallCountry China
Philippines
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
landfallLocation Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines
ledTo large-scale international humanitarian response
post-disaster reconstruction programs in the Philippines
localName Yolanda
maximumSustainedWinds_10min 120 knots
maximumSustainedWinds_10min_kmh 220 km/h
maximumSustainedWinds_1min 170 knots
maximumSustainedWinds_1min_kmh 315 km/h
meteorologicalAgencyMonitoring Japan Meteorological Agency
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
minimumCentralPressure_hPa 895
missingPersons_estimate over 1000
monthOfMajorImpact November 2013
namedBy Japan Meteorological Agency
notableFor being one of the deadliest typhoons in Philippine history
being one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded
notableImpactCity Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines
linked to: Tacloban
partOf 2013 Pacific typhoon season
PhilippinesPresidentAtTime Benigno Aquino III
rankInPhilippinesDeadliestTyphoons one of the deadliest on record
responseInvolvedOrganization International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
United Nations
United States Agency for International Development
World Food Programme
stormSurgeHeight_m up to 7
triggeredEvent landslides
massive storm surge in Tacloban
widespread flooding
typeOfDamage agricultural losses
extensive infrastructure destruction
housing destruction
windSpeedRecordContext among highest reliably measured for a tropical cyclone at landfall
yearOfOccurrence 2013

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Visayas hitBy Typhoon Haiyan
Eastern Visayas hitBy Typhoon Yolanda
linked to: Typhoon Haiyan
Tacloban wasSeverelyImpactedBy Typhoon Haiyan
Tacloban hasReconstructionEffortsAfter Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan alsoKnownAs Super Typhoon Haiyan
linked to: Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan alsoKnownAs Typhoon Yolanda
linked to: Typhoon Haiyan
Guiuan hitBy Super Typhoon Haiyan
linked to: Typhoon Haiyan
Guiuan hitBy Typhoon Yolanda
linked to: Typhoon Haiyan