November 11, 2013
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, in the three days since Super Typhoon Haiyan roared through the central Philippines, the scale of the devastation revealed in its wake continues to escalate. Preliminary analyses suggest that Haiyan (named Yolanda in …
November 8, 2013
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide issued a bulletin shortly before Super Typhoon Haiyan [known locally as Yolanda] came ashore across the central Philippines. As predicted the extremely powerful storm – the 30th tropical cyclone of 2013 – will cause a …
November 8, 2013
The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land, battered the central Philippines on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground, cutting power lines and blowing apart houses. Haiyan, …