Typhoon Haiyan
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Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that is among the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded. Upon maki
An aerial view of Guiuan, the town where the typhoon made its first landfall
Destruction in Basey, Samar after the typhoon passed over the town
Devastated coconut trees in Guiuan
The remains of a home destroyed by the storm in Tacloban
Hurricane Patricia
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Hurricane Patricia was the most powerful tropical cyclone on record worldwide in terms of maximum sustained winds. It was also the second-most intense on record worldwide in terms of pressure, with a
Typhoon Haiyan
…km/h (195 mph), unofficially making Haiyan the strongest tropical cyclone ever observed based on wind speed, a record which would later be surpassed by Hurricane Patricia in 2015 at 345 km/h (215 mph). At 20:40 UTC on November 7, 2013, the eye of the typhoon made its first landfall in the Philippines at Guiuan, Eastern…
Patricia shortly after its record peak intensity while approaching Western Mexico on October 23
President Enrique Peña Nieto meets with cabinet members to discuss Hurricane Patricia on October 23
Evacuation from hotel Riu Vallarta on the morning before Hurricane Patricia made landfall
The sprawling precursor to Hurricane Patricia over Central America on October 17