Supertyphoon 'Haiyan' - last update: 13. Nov. 2013, 18.00 GMT
Reports
- CEDIM Report No. 2; Status: 13.11.2013, 18:00 GMT, supplement 14.11.2013 18:00 GMT
- CEDIM Report No. 1; Status: 10.11.2013, 12:00 GMT
- Info 4; Status: 08.11.2013, 11:30 UTC
- Info 3; Status: 07.11.2013
- Info 2; Status: 06.11.2013
- Info 1; Status: 05.11.2013
Hazard Information
Official Disaster Name | Date | Landfall UTC | Local | Duration (PHL) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yolanda (International: Haiyan) | From 4-11 | 7.11. 20:40 | +8 | 30 hours |
Preferred Hazard Information
Path | Speed | Definition | Width (km) | Gust (Peak) | Landfall | Sustained |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
280W (PH) then 325W (VN) | 30-40kph | Category 5 | Max: 150 | 379kph | 312kph | 250kph |
Location Information
Country | ISO | Provinces/Regions | Most Impact | Economic Exposure | HDI (2012) | Urbanity | Pop. affected |
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Philippines | PH | IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, XIII | Leyte, Samar, Tacloban | Ca. $104b | 0.654 | 55% | ca. 14 million |
Vietnam, China | VN | North of Da Nang | Coastal regions | n/a | 0.617 | 45% | 600,000 evac. |
*predicted path at this point – China will also be affected.
Hazard Description (Wind speed etc.)
Philippines | Vietnam | China | Key Hazard Metrics |
Typhoon (Cat. 5) | Category 4 | Unk. | Leyte, Dinagat, Samar, Aklan, Capiz, Guimares, Cebu, with wind speeds exceeding 185kph |

The category 5 typhoon made landfall near Guiuan on Eastern Samar at 07.11 at 20:40 UTC and hit with the strongest landfall wind speeds ever observed. Previously, the typhoon had hit the small nation of Palau causing some damage. Wind gust speeds reached a predicted 380 kph shortly before impact.The warm sea water and low wind shear has contributed to the maximum intensity of this typhoon before landfall. The central pressure was estimated 885 hPa (according Joint Typhoon Warning Center), which makes it only the 5th in 25 years in the Western Pacific to do so (Megi 2010, Flo 1990, Ruth 1991, Yuri 1991). The wind speeds have dropped significantly to around 150 kph approaching Vietnam and Southern China (Hainan). Typhoon dissipated 11.11. over China.
Additional hazard information on Haiyan/Yolanda at wettergefahren-fruehwarnung.de
Vulnerability and Exposure Metrics (Population, Infrastructure, Economic)
The capital stock of the affected locations is around $104b with the GDP being around $31b with approximately 17 million inhabitants. Leyte was the first hit with destructive force (1.5 million inhabitants) with Tacloban City worst affected (220,000 inhabitants). Most houses will not withstand winds of over 200 kph, thus destruction in the eye of the typhoon will be close to 70-80 % as confirmed by police officials in the affected regions.
What have been the 2 largest comparable damaging events in the past?
Date - Name | Impact Size (1 min sustained) | Location | Social % or Insured % | Economic Loss in Philippines |
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2012 Bopha | Typhoon (280kph) | Southern PH | 1146 deaths, 834 missing | $1.04b USD (42b PHP) |
1990 Mike | Typhoon (280kph) | Central PH | 748 dead | $879m USD (2013 adj.) |
*Mike was close to the path of this storm in 1990 – destroyed 117,000 homes and damaged 295,000 others
Preferred Building Damage Information
UN Rapid Response (Tacloban City)
160,000 destroyed and 148,000 damaged buildings counted. Northern Leyte: The destruction has been canvassed at 70-80 % of homes destroyed.Panay Island : 127,000 destroyed and approx. 114,000 damaged. All communication systems affected. Tacloban City – 60% destroyed, 30% severely damaged, 10% damaged. Approx. 1,000,000 homes expected to be damaged.
*total destruction will not be known for weeks. Over 3.5 million houses exposed
Secondary Effect Information
Type | Impact | Damage % | Social % | Economic % |
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Storm Surge | Wave heights of 5-6m were seen | Major | High % in Casey, Tacloban | Unk. |
Flooding | River flooding and flash flooding | Major | Unk. | Unk. |
Landslides | Not as many as predicted | Minor | Unk. | Unk. |
Preferred Social Impact Information
Type | Median | Accepted Range | Description | Source |
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Deaths | 13000 | Official: 2275 but many more | Leyte:10000? (Tacloban:1000+), Samar: 3100, Panay: Over 200 dead; Total:22000 missing | Officials from Police agencies |
*NB: 6000 people are currently missing on Person Finder (Google) | ||||
Injuries | 3804 | Will increase | Still being counted | NDRRMC |
Long term Homeless | 2,100,000 | estimated | Based on housing destruction calculations and current PDRRMC data | Daniell, CATDAT |
Short term homeless | 4,700,000 | estimated | Locations without power and damaged houses | Daniell, CATDAT |
Affected | 14,000,000 | 8.0m | IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, XIII | Estimates, NDRRMC |
Preferred Current Economic Impact Information
$million int. event-day dollars
Type | Median | Accepted Range | Description | Source |
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Total Cost | $13.6b | $9b-17b | Total estimate (using rapid loss model combined with damage for range) | CATDAT/Jam es Daniell |
Insured Losses | $1000m | $200m-$2b | According to Bloomberg Analyst citing - % takeout should be lower however | Kinetic Analysis Corp. |
Aid Impact | ca. $150m | n/a | Continually increasing (currently at ca. 1%) | ReliefWeb |
Direct Economic Cost (Total) - Summary
- Given the capital stock of the disaster path and the destruction seen in locations of Leyte – a quick estimate can be made. Using the 70-80% destroyed rate for Tacloban and other locations, northern Cebu and parts of Aklan and Iloilo, the MDR (mean damage ratio) comes to around 30% for Leyte. In other locations like Aklan, and MDR of 15% is likely based on the initial estimates of house destruction. MDRs of ca. 15% in Samar. In less affected regions, MDRs of 1-5% are likely.
- Reconstruction costs in the order of $4b (174b PHP) from the 3 provinces, and around $9.5b total cost for all affected regions from the first estimate (CATDAT-James Daniell)
- Plantations and crop losses (sugar cane and rice) will be huge, and industry losses of the affected region will probably be at least 40% of GDP – thus around $2b from the 3 provinces and around $2.1b from other locations, totalling around $4.1b
- This is in the order of 14 times larger than Typhoon Bopha.
Insured Loss Estimates
Public infrastructure damage has occurred, as well as total destruction of many industries. Sugar cane and rice production losses will be nearly total through this region – accounting for 50% and 33% respectively of the Philippines. Bloomberg currently estimates around 14% insurance losses as a percentage of total, however less is expected.
Abridged Summary Description
A catastrophic typhoon has hit Philippines, Palau, and will continue on to Vietnam and China. Over 13000 are presumed dead in Philippines with over 2.1 million homeless and between 3 and 5 million currently displaced (1.18 million on Panay Island). The economic cost will be the largest ever in terms of Philippines typhoon losses with around $13.6b USD or 590 billion PHP expected losses (which would be 10 times larger than historic typhoon losses).
CATDAT Economic Storm Rank 10: Catastrophic
CATDAT Social Storm Rank: 10: Catastrophic
Further Information and Analysis
- Hazard information and description
- Building damage information
- Social impacts
- Economic impact in a historic context
- Disaster information
- Social sensors
- Appendix: (historical losses from Typhoons in the Visayas, Leyte and Samar before 1934)
Is available in the latest pdf version of the report (go to top)
Links
- www.wettergefahren-fruehwarnung.de
(Updated storm track) - https://www.micromappers.com/
(Twitter crowdsourcing) - https://google.org/personfinder/2013-yolanda
(Google Person Finder for Yolanda) - https://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/
(official updates from NDRRMC) - www.earthquake-report.com
(CATDAT data and statistics) - https://www.ssd.noaa.gov
(track and intensity data) - https://www.digital-typhoon.org
(Storm info and satellite images)
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