Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) - A Retrospective And Analysis
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The term “Worst” is thrown around like hotcakes on a griddle when it comes to tropical storms, but what actually makes a storm “the worst? What storm is truly, “the worst”? What makes a tropical cyclone the “Worst” is subjective, but a few points taken into account are: the strength of the cyclone, the death toll, the human impact, and the financial loss. To most Americans, the same few names come up.;Hurricane Katrina, the storm responsible for destroying the New Orleans Levee System, and Hurricane Maria, which laid waste to Puerto Rico, are among the most notable tropical cyclones due to their financial losses. One storm however, while scarcely spoken of, remains at the forefront of those impacted, a horror they will never forget.10 years ago in November of 2013; in the far-distant Philippine archipelago trouble was brewing. A disorganized tropical disturbance in the western Pacific was rapidly intensifying in preparation for landfall in the central part of the country infrequently impacted by tropical cyclones, especially stronger storms. With maximum sustained wind speeds of 196mph, a peak pressure of 895mb, and an impact in a major city, housing hundreds of thousands of people. The storm in question remains the worst cyclone in Philippine history with thousands dead and billions of dollars in damage. People all over the world were shocked by the death and destruction caused, reminding many of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami along with Cyclone Nargis in 2008. Super Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, is a storm that makes many shudder. It was a storm that demonstrated the true power, and cost of underestimating the force that we call nature. This is Nature’s Fury.
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ACTUAL CORRECTION:
On-screen at 12:35 the conversion of 175mph is NOT 210kmh, it's actually 280kmh.
Not corrections persay here but I want to add some context here because there is some additional context that I missed that should have been pointed out. I want to give thanks to user @eddiecharles6457 for pointing this out.
1) The point of numerous languages is still a point that can be made as to what made coordinating a national response difficult, but most of the population can speak and understand Filipino. The primary language spoken does vary the further south you go on the Archipelago, especially in Mindanao. While I think the issue is not as big of an issue in retrospect, it didn't exactly help in the longrun.
2) Infrastructure: The lack of infrastructure is a problem that the Philippines faces...depending on where you speak. In somewhere like Manila that is not an issue, but the further south you go the more apparent it becomes. This was still apparent in areas affected by Haiyan.
3) I mentioned that there were only 3 transport planes available by the Philippine Armed Forces. Eddiecharles6457 told me that "At that time, the Philippine Air Force had a total of 3 serviceable C-130 military transports and less than 30 UH-1 helicopters in their inventory due to the lack of funding and support for their armed forces from the government." If I had known that I would have put that in that part of the video. I MAY take that sentence out of the video, but I will see if that is needed.
To anyone in the Philippines, please let me know of any issues that I missed/mischaracterized. My goal with this documentary was to go FURTHER than what other documentaries do by explaining the how and why behind the humanitarian disaster itself. Trust me, barely any documentaries go into the lovely topic of...institutional governmental problems in relation to disaster preparation because that doesn't sound sexy. However, given my audience is mostly in the States, I wanted to dig deeper into the WHY, the behind the scenes stuff. Understanding the behind the scenes stuff is essential to really understanding how Haiyan ended up being such a crisis in the first place. It's like talking about Katrina and not even mentioning how the Levee System was in the state it was in.
I encourage people to continue to let me know of any additional errors. I spent over 20 hours on researching and taking notes on this storm alone and would like to be known of any errors that I made.
-Alferia
Did you also mention that you mispronounced some city's in the Philippines?
@@tagogamingamd545 Comes with the territory of being an American in Northern Georgia. I tried my best, and did what I could. I'm aware I pronounced Tacloban wrong, but that's because of how foreign journalists pronounced the city's name. Otherwise, all I can really say is...sorry I don't live in the Philippines?
@@Alferia Yeah its okay well I don't really what to say to be honest its just because you are older than me but yeah.
Overall really great vid and im sharing this just out of spite of our politicians because they love putting their names on everything, so much so that some of them go as far as remove instant ramen noodles from their packaging and put it in a packaging with their names on it then send it as relief goods, if it even got there at all
Oh so I wasn't the first one to point this one out
Personally I’ve always thought the worst hurricane was the bhola cycolne that hit Bangladesh in 1970. Hundreds of thousands dead and the literal genocide and civil war that started from the storm. Makes it the worst in my book. I would love to see a video on it. Keep up the good work
The Cyclone that struck Bhola itself wasn't as strong as others. The circumstances, both the geography of the region and human factors at play however, resulting in unimaginable loss of life. It serves as an object lesson that strength and intensity isn't everything.
@@saltmerchant749very true bc basically it was a powerful storm hitting a preindustrial country without any real infrastructure to help warn and withstand it.
I actually sent a request for that storm myself…
But… this storm is #1 for me and so many others….
2013 didn’t have alot of big disasters but when it hit….
**IT HIT….**
@@the-angel-of-light-gardevoir8 i can concede that purely as a storm that haiyan is in its own league. But in the sense of despair caused by a storm. Its Bhola imo. Not only causing a huge loss of life as a storm but also being the spark to start a civil war and a genocide.
@@saltmerchant749imagine if a storm already bad enough like Hurricane Mitch hit that area.
I hope this message doesn’t get lost in the comments. Dude, not only are you an extremely knowledgeable and talented meteorologist, but you’re also a thorough and well-studied historian. I always get excited when I see you have a new video, and quite a few have made me emotional. One in particular…and I know it isn’t my place to say something like this, but…I’m positive, with all my heart, that your grandfather is so goddamn proud of you. Keep up the FANTASTIC work!!!
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“God must have been somewhere else.”
Thank you so much for the work and time you put into this video, the editing and layout are so well done. It’s a topic that deserves the effort.
At peak, Haiyan is probably the best looking Tropical cyclone I have seen on satellite. A textbook annular storm.
Hurricane Mitch was another that came to mind
Hurricane Patricia looked amazing on satellite.
No word can describe how well made the video is despite the long hiatus! Even when Haiyan got dissipated and later retired, even 10 years later, the typhoon has left impacts beyond its grave... And while other cyclones worldwide had made intense landfalls (Katrina, Ian, Ida, Hagibis, Pauline, Amphan, etc.) many of them weakened or, if they make landfall, many of them don't cause a devastation beyond unimaginable to think, let alone experience. By comparison, Haiyan wiped out many towns and cities off the map in just a couple landfalls, complicated by other factors within the Philippines, as well as ruining millions of lives within the country... Overall, Haiyan will and forever be unparalleled for its strength and destruction seen in recent memory...
Oh and, don't forget, have a safe and wonderful Christmas, and New Year from NY, USA!
I remember watching Jim Edds’ coverage in Tacloban and it was absolutely horrifying seeing the brutal strength and lack of response afterward before he left.
I have never seen such raw fury from a tropical system ever in my life…and I’ve personally dealt with Katrina, Gustav, and Ida in Louisiana as a resident.
Also Josh (iCyclone). I watched both of them. Unforgettable.
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A few anecdotes from my experience with this typhoon:
- I remember the day classes were cancelled because of Haiyan. It was an eerily bright cloudless day. The sun shone... differently.
- The night before the typhoon struck, we were watching 2012, a disaster movie popular back in the day. The morning later, we got a disaster of our own. Around 7 AM, the cell signal and the electricity were gone. The rain and winds were getting stronger. Everything around us was pure white with rain, according to my father, tasting like sea water. You cannot see much outside of the building. One glass door of the building we were staying in was sucked out. The other glass door was still clinging to the building but barely. The chandelier was swinging. We went to the lower floor thinking it was safer there. We were just surprised that it started flooding a bit, but we only found out that it was most likely due to the storm surge. We were among the lucky ones who never had to endure the worst of the storm brought. We had a roof over our heads. Many others? They had to climb out of their homes or cling to life with whatever they can get their hands on.
- The night after the typhoon struck, the mountain near us was filled by flashlights. People fled there after hearing a rumour of an incoming "tsunami". This, fortunately, turned out to be false.
- The roof of our house got a hole during the typhoon. Miraculously, a sheet metal flew to our house, which we used to repair the same hole.
- In one part of my city, someone vandalized a building with the words. "We don't die; we eat puday.". The English translation? "We don't die; we eat p*ssy.".
I can add a few more if any are curious, though my experiences were not as extreme as others.
Definitely should tell more of what happened! It's fascinating
On an actual note that vandal is a legend for that one
Gosh, I felt that rant within the ending part really much as a Filipino myself (even though my area wasn't directly hit by the Typhoon in 2013) but let me just say, the wait was really worth it for this video, as always, I really love the in-depth and precision of information dropped in the video, it felt like I was listening to the story of Haiyan being told once more after 10 years, congratulations on the success of "Nature's Fury Season 2", I have been supporting your content as not only it is informative but also enjoyable at very good pacing too. Anyways, I hope you have a good rest and you should be proud of the work that you have done!
"It was like the government was more interested in correcting the dead total that the locals were saying"
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I'm feeling that...
Merry Christmas from Mexico
Yeah... After what happened with Otis months ago, I remember tracking it... Haiyan's impacts are somewhat reminiscent (mainly the disputed death toll, and unimaginable destruction) in Otis' impacts...
In any culture, in any region of planet earth; government cant be trusted or likeable, in any sense... damn, its the same story all around. Any government and their history are just disgusting
@@OttoCrossheart The city was rebuilt promptly and affected people got a package of several appliances, as well as cash. And this shows in the latest June '24 election results in that city.
i sadly was in this storm when i was younger, we had no electricity for a week and my mom had to beg our neighbor to stay with us because we were so scared and our dad was in another country. we had just slept in the living room cuddled up and praying that we would survive. the most scariest experience of my life, it went on for days and it sounded like a monster was outside, ill never forget the sound of such fast winds and just so much debris flying around. i remember watching the news later when the power was on and the storm passed and it just showed all the bodies of dead people in the water and it broke my heart so much. my heart goes out to all the people who lost family or friends ❤ im very lucky to have survived it as i was near the eye and even then a few days prior or later (i cant remember the date), a 7.2 earthquake had struck, it was truly a fever dream.
Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan (2013) , Santi/Nari (2013), and Ondoy/Ketsana (2009) were the greatest reasons that I study BS Meteorology today. The sheer amount of damage and loss of life that storms and tornados cause strengthens my resolve to someday help and save other people in any way possible.
I remember the Weather Channel meteorologists talking about this monster cyclone, and to me, it almost sounded like an enormous EF 5 tornado.
201+ MPH is an EF5 tornado, this had windspeeds of 198 MPH for 1 minute. It practically WAS an EF5 tornado
this is done so well. a lot of realizations here. im a filipino and i never thought of the populist rise due to this storm alone.
whoever made that empty house remix must be very hot.
Pfffffft
😂😂😂😂
bruh lmao
Mitch was worse than Haiyan imo
@@Unknown17886last i checked, that has nothing to do with the creator of an empty house remix being hot
A family friend runs an NGO that worked in Tacloban in the immediate aftermath of this storm. We were used to helping her source the 'usual' typhoon relief goods - clothing, food, hygiene kits, bedding. This storm was different - she kept asking for body bags. They never had enough that first week.
I'll watch this by Christmas midnight (Philippine time), i was only 13 years old when this thing came struck our country...my City was way too far South of were this one made landfall infact we're only affected by its Outer Rainbands of the storm, i remember onlt getting Heavy rainfall tgrough the day but barely any winds....Areas further up North were just very Unlucky at that time.
Thank you for Uploading this one and Merry Christmas out there 🙂
I do wonder, what are the same impacted areas like now 10 years later? I still cannot get this typhoon off my head due to how unimaginable the impacts are despite being from the USA...
@@notmrpopular0099 as from what I know recently, areas that are hardly affected by this one is they're already in Full Recovery as far as the cities looked like now...infact on its recent Anniversary (Nov 8, 2023) A Storm Chaser (that chased Haiyan) came to visit Tacloban City (Hardest hit City) and he attend the Lighting of Candles on that same night as well as visiting the Hotel they were in during the Storm Chase and various spots around the City.
Surely things has change 10 years ago.
The amount of views this has is criminal. This is probably your best work yet. Wonderful video.
Oh man... the storm was so powerful, that it shook his _faith._
This was such a well put together video. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into making this video telling me about this horrible disaster. I don't care that it took a while for you to her the video out. It was an hour and twenty minutes long. That's how long funded documentaries are and I'm proud of your accomplishment in making such a long, detailed video.
Agreed. These videos are well put together and are rich with information and detail.
Great documentary also fun fact Haiyan gotten me interested to track a tropical cyclone in western pacific/ and the other basins too. Haiyan is indeed such a beast🔥
A retrospective of ida would be interesting. Considering it produced not just the first tornado emergency for a tropical cyclone or in the northeast but for 2nd or 3rd time a Tornado and Flash Flood Emergency for the same location
Don't forget those of us here in Louisiana who faced Ida's unhindered wrath. Grand Isle was a haunting image.
Quite a chirstmas gift! This came out! I I'll never forget Yolanda (Haiyan), and with did to Tacloban their where no news the day after hit and how bad the damaged was? It was only later mid-morning when reporters arrived at major cities like Cebu and, along with the first resonsder that show the devestation almost all regular programing ended and special reports along with fun raisers for the victim where aired for the next couple of days to weeks!
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Thank you for being my introduction to the weather community and weather terminology, and heartfelt thank you for all you do bringing attention to these overlooked tragedies.
I’ve lived through this one and the eye was near where I lived. Scary shit especially as a little kid.
Something about how to speak in those more intense moments in your videos has a certain almost terrifying vibe to it, like the whole rant about not forgetting Haiyan. Maybe it's how chill you sound for the most part but holy shit that actually scared me a bit, keep it up lmao.
i've been watching your channel for a while now and i was SO excited to see you were covering this storm. your analysis videos are really well done and it's clear that a lot of time and research goes into every one of them, but i think you've outdone yourself with this one!
Excellent content as always! The passion and anger you spoke with at the end, you were the voice of those that had none. You deserve some major down time now.....rest and recharge.
I wasn't there to witness Haiyan unleash horror in my country, but today I look back at this time with extreme sorrow for everyone that had to endure this disaster. I watched your entire documentary from start to finish and it made me realize how greatly it affected the Philippines forever..
This is some great insight into Haiyan and I'm happy you made this video, excellent work :]
this channel is criminally underrated, ur doing great work out here man!!
Ngl I was expecting a mention of Hurricane Patricia and even though I did not get it, video is still damn good as always!
mainly because it was after this.
@@Alferia makes sense
@@AlferiaWhat's the next documentary after this?
That thumbnail looks awfully scary, but true, especially the eye of the storm.
The amount of international support brought tears to my eyes, i don't cry often, such a terrible disaster, but i am so happy to see the world come together to help
Thank you so much for all the work you do!! You’re one of my favorite artists here on UA-cam! please take care of yourself!!
I just want to commend you on the time and focus you give towards the individual people and communities that are affected by these disasters. The weather science is very interesting of course, but I think it can be really easy to become numb to the real human suffering brought by these storms and (often) the government incompetence that follows.
Whether it be early warning communication, protective infrastructure, or institutional response after the fact we can learn from where others went wrong. I think we have a duty to try and at least learn something from the insane human cost that comes from these failures. Thank you for another fantastic video, can't wait to see what comes next :)
Hate how the Cities struct by Haiyan is still recuperating because the donations was managed by corrupt officials and most were pocketed.
Im not one to make comments on videos, but oh my gosh, thank you so so SO much for making these videos! Ever since i was a little kid, ive always wanted to be a meteorologist, and finding this channel has done nothing but inspire more interest and love for this subject! Not only do you provide the meteorological context, but you also give a whole overview of the damage, and the video format you use is very easy to follow along with and learn from! Thank you, Alferia, and i wish you luck in college!
This was 1000% worth waiting for! Take care of yourself and happy holidays to everyone.
The 1970 Bhola cyclone. It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of the world's deadliest humanitarian disasters. At least 300,000 people died in the storm, possibly as many as 500,000, primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta. Bhola was the sixth and strongest cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
This video was so well put together as you always do. Documentaries like this are what make me want to research hurricanes to help prevent their impacts from being this horrible in the future.
18:51 - I agree with most of what you've said so far. Although it is true that the country has numerous languages, it is well known that a sizeable number of the population can speak and understand the national language which if Filipino. Might I also add that English is widely spoken or understood? From 2016-18 (closest data available to 2013), the country's English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) was at the top 15 of the world. That's second only to Singapore (ranked 10th) in Southeast Asia. Which is why I don't see it as a factor that makes it "tougher for the government to push through big infrastructure projects and to organize a national response." The lack of infrastructure is apparent but it's definitely not because of that. I suggest you visit that country from north to south first and see if that statement holds water. You mentioned only 3 transport planes? Guess what? At that time, the Philippine Air Force had a total of 3 serviceable C-130 military transports and less than 30 UH-1 helicopters in their inventory due to the lack of funding and support for their armed forces from the government.
Thanks for the added context, I'll be 100% honest that I had difficulties in finding sources on the additional background information that was needed to explain how a disaster like Haiyan happened in the first place. The language error does seem to be something I should have put more thought into since I do speak with a few people who live in the Philippines who are mostly fluent in English. The issue of infrastructure, based on what I know on the Philippines because I'm American, is more of an issue as you head further south into more rural and poor regions of the Philippines. The issue of infrastructure is definitely not a problem in, let's say, Manila, but in somewhere like the local barangays south of Tacloban City, yes.
Also if I knew that the Air Force only sent 3 planes because that's all they had that would have been great to know before putting the video out. I cannot seem to find out where I found that line in my notes, but I'll add a pinned comment about that.
I tried my best to go as indepth as I could to explain the why and how, and I apologize if that led to me being incorrect. I had limited resources on that side of the equation in comparison to the numerous articles about what happened in Tacloban City.
Thanks for making this video! It's important that this event not be forgotten. My wife is from Tanauan, which is just south of Tacloban, and with neighbouring Tolosa was just hit by the eye. Al Jazeera did a lot of good coverage in Tanauan right after the storm, as well as in the year following.
Many also died in Tanauan due to the storm surge. My wife's house is 1km inland, yet she said the water came up to shoulder height in their house in only a few minutes. Google Earth puts the elevation of her house at 6m, so it's likely the storm surge was 7-8m in her town. Some of the higher estimates for the storm put the total death toll at over 13k, which doesn't seem implausible given that whole families were wiped out, and census data, particularly of poor people who live in shanty areas near the coast is likely poor or nonexistent.
Thankfully my wife's immediate family survived, and due to some quick thinking by my wife, she grabbed a bag of rice as it floated past in her house. They kept afloat in the house by sitting on old Jeepney tires which her dad happened to have inside at the time.
After the water receded, they had to dig their way out the house because of the debris blocking the door. She said that once in the street, there were dead bodies everywhere... animals, pets, and people. Sadly, several of her baby nieces and nephews were swept away by the water 😔
Immediately after, she walked to Tacloban to try to get supplies, about 10km, but the walk took until nightfall due to the debris blocking the way. In the months after, she worked at the Red Cross and the Medicins Sans Frontiers treating people. She said that initially a huge number of the injuries were cuts and other injuries from sharp objects, like people standing on nails, and the infection that came with it.
A couple other things I'll add: apparently a huge amount of aid "mysteriously" disappeared. A lot of the funds and even supplies never made it to them that were supposedly allocated. There are definitely allegations of it being siphoned by the mayor of the town and other officials, but it's still never been determined.
Also, you mention that there's no direct analogous storm. That's only partially true. In November 1912, 101 years earlier, there are written records that another very powerful typhoon hit Tacloban, killing 15,000. I suspect the geography of the coastline definitely contributed again, with the water pooling up in the bay.
Lastly, I'll mention that in Guiuan, the town of 45k you mentioned which was levelled, the mayor Christopher Gonzalez is credited as helping save huge numbers of people, because he made huge efforts to warn the residents, calling the impending storm as "armageddon" basically. Supposedly only around 100 died there, when the toll could easily have passed 5k if not for his efforts. I remember my wife and others telling me how many in Tanauan and other places didn't evacuate, because they thought it was going to be just like any other normal typhoon, and that PAGASA was both late, and understated, in warning about the storm. To me, it seems like the military should have enacted a mandatory evacuation of the coastline. Many people also drowned in official evacuation centres, to give you an idea of the lack of understanding about the danger of this storm.
This man earns every sub he can get. Proud to be on the 0.8% of germans watching this. When you watch at 6am local time and it keeps you awake, means its a darn good video again❤
thanks for covering this for the US audience. Personally its been so hard to explain why the disaster is fundamentally different to the common name disastrous US hurricanes (especially wrt climate justice issues) in technical and in infrastructural ways. Every point you've raised is so important to piece together to paint the full picture, even highlighting the poverty and political issues. I survived but am fairly privileged in that sense, since I wasn't on the coast and got to migrate sooner on car (as can possibly be... roads were so broken). I believe you really did drive the point home of what survivors want people to understand and remember about the disaster. Thanks for remembering Haiyan.
As someone living in the middle of Europe, I can´t even imagine how something like this must look/feel like. Not even to think about what it must be like living in a region of the world, where stuff like this (even when weaker normally) happens regularly.
This video is amazing. I can tell you put a TON of work in it. Your videos are all amazing.
Honestly Yolanda’s impact was so extreme on the Philippines that we still basically have it as the standard of how destructive a storm is. As in every super typhoon is ranked against it to compare the damage and death.
I’m telling you there’s nothing more thorough, insightful, and enjoyable than an Alferia retrospective. Amazing video a always, keep it up!
Did recovery after this, as well as data collection during it. As a meteorologist, I learned a lot, but I never want to experience something like this.
Honey get the kids, new Alferia just dropped!
Jokes aside, another great work, both informative and humanizing- stay well Alferia, wishing you the best!
The Typhoon the changed the political landscape of the country
Definitly a good video if it kept me in my seat for 90 minutes. Good work as always
You did a fantastic job with this retrospective, Alferia! Please get some much needed rest during the holidays if you can. I really enjoy your channel! Your research is absolutely unparalleled here on UA-cam, and I truly appreciate all of the intensive, hard work placed into every video that you create. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season! Please take care of you first. When you release another video, however long it may be - I will wait patiently knowing that it will be well worth every second. Wishing you the best in your academic studies. Have a happy new year!
I am a Filipino and here is a correction, PAGASA is pronounced PAG-ASA, like the Tagalog word for "Hope".
this will help me so much with my geography exams! i am so thankful for this video and i hope you have a good xmas!! xx
The central government was also too busy with the start of the "Napoles" pork barrel case the day before Haiyan's landfall. I remember watching the news at home and doing my highscool research project just to see forecast of the typhoon and seeing politicians grill Napoles in another channel
Nothing else at the time told me about the government's disinterest of the super typhoon than them spending 2 days on the case while the strongest storm making landfall in one of the most unprepared areas in the nation.
The song of healing though. Representing all the zelda fans.
AFTER MOUNTS FINNALLYYY
Great content as usual! So sad what happened to the people of the Philippines. Hang in there about your mh. I understand and going through some myself. I know it isn't easy at times. Im currently going through it alone. No support from my family and my partner, my friend know very little what im going through. But i know one day soon it will all change for the better for all of us. ❤
Hello from an Aussie watcher! Thanks for providing metric on screen!
I get that most of your audience is from the US, but it's still weird to me using Imperial when the near entirety of the world uses metric. USA really needs to finally move to metric.
The quote by the mayor was so poignant and truly hit home just how bad it must've been.
Scary thought: If Katrina had come in west of New Orleans as a Cat 5 storm, what happened at Tacloban would have happened in New Orleans. And the next hurricane may do just that. Makes my blood run cold just thinking about it. 😮
Well, as a resident of New Orleans, that inspires massive fear.
Thank you for doing a storm thats not from the US, Im always so curious about many of them and I always hear SE Asia tends to get many
Great work Alferia. RIP to the lives lost and condolences for the families. Happy New Year!
A very good video despite its length and mispronunciations.
Take it from a resident of the Philippines; the overwhelming percentage of the politicians don't give a damn about the citizens and most felonies can be committed with no repercussions.
Way too many adds man. I get that UA-cam doesn’t pay enough but the adds killed this one for me. Wish UA-cam didn’t have to be this way so that we can continue to receive well put together videos like this one. Keep it up!
Awesome video! Merry christmas. This is very educational and interesting. Will you be doing a video on joplin ? This is quite the Christmas gift
I’ve been following the long progression of the video, on Twitter and it’s cool to see it finally out
As a college student during those times, I was about to go to school when my mother told me that the roads were fully flooded that no vehicle can pass through. I woke up at 10AM on a Saturday morning. Imagine the people who were at the university on the hours before that. It was hell for them...
I appreciate the comment on global warming. While humanities effect on it is debatable the facts are it is happening with or without us. Storms are getting stronger and it’s something to be concerned of… not that muscle cars gas vehicles or power plants are the cause. Great video.
I still remember this super typhoon 10 years ago as a kid before and I also still remember watching the live coverage on my old tv (Umaga kay Ganda at that time) and I still couldn't believe of how powerful this super typhoon was and I don't also have any idea that I was witnessing history as a kid before. And after the super typhoon passed over, I tried asking my teachers that if their family was okay in Visayas and thankfully they're fine too but It was a scary super typhoon I've seen as a kid
Currently living in Capiz one of the provinces that was directly hit by Haiyan (Yolanda).. started by 9 am and didn't stop until about 6 in the evening
Storm Surge was become unexpectable by those who affected by that time No one expect that by that time
THIS NEEDS 100K VIEWS,
Brilliant video! Wow. That's crazy.
The most powerful typhoon of the modern era in Pacific Ocean's history 🌀
Alferia you angel, merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate!!
Merry christmas Alferia!
You should do Hurricane Harvey in August of 2017 and could I give my side of what happened in February 2021 when the freeze happed I was wondering if you would be open to hear what I have to say
He already did the Texas Deep Freeze
What I meant to say was I was a witness and I want to share my story of went on in Lavaca County Texas @@carolinacoreas7716
City officials in Tacloban not following evacuation orders from their own government…
Wow, the preparations for this storm were just AWFUL.
1:16:58 definitely the best part of one of your videos besides the end of El Reno (the bit of your grandmother)
This your best one yet, imho, Alferia. Well done!!
Awesome video per usual Alferia, such an insane storm.
I know that many fellow countrymen would disagree, but the late ex president prioritized ego and political colors over getting our distraught kababayans (countrymen) what they desperately needed at the time.
And I just watched the EF5 Moore Tornado and I thought 2013 is a bad year for disasters on both sides of the world
On relief efforts of celebrities btw, I read from another source that the late Paul Walker was on a charity event for victims of Haiyan before he passed away. That’s why he’s remembered fondly by many of our kababayans (countrymen)
I think you underestimate the storm surge misunderstanding, and its effects wrt the death toll. It's the storm surge primarily, or the lack of understanding on its mechanics specifically.
You have to understand that the strongest storms that regularly hit the country are on the east coast of Luzon as you said. These people are extremely familiar with storm surges, often have storm walls, and is generally less densely populated compared to the rest of the country, except for the Bicol peninsula (which is where Goni hit, but we didn't hear much in terms of deaths in Legazpi City which is also a major urban area on the east coast, but Bicolanos are used to storms like these). The general populace preparedness extends south to Samar. Tacloban was the next major urban area, and is found in the next island to the south. Here, storms are common, but storms like Haiyan, while still common, becomes a one in 50-75 year event instead of the one in 10-20 year event to the north. Tacloban has experienced massive storm surges before, but the last one is in the 1800s. There was no generational memory for it. PAGASA issued warnings, and local governments heeded them and prepared, but they were used to the flashflood and landslide threat so they focused evacuations on riversides and hillsides while leaving the coast unwarned. In fact, one of the major evacuation centers was by the coast, killing hundreds. It didn't help that PAGASA used English for their warnings, and the term "storm surge" was not familiar for the people there. The initial criticism was that they should have used a term they were more familiar with, for example "tsunami," or local terms like "daluyong" in Filipino. The east coast residents of Leyte thus became sitting ducks for a massive storm surge that would take them by surprise.
Also, to note, infrastructure is a problem, but wooden homes you see on TV are farm resthouses, the vast majority of the population lives in concrete homes in the village center. The 10-15% who don't are usually the ones that head to evacuation centers like concrete buildings of high schools and hospitals when storm warnings are raised. It could be better, but it's also not a real major factor compared to the lack of awareness of the actual hazard of the storm. Better science education, better science communication in the native language, and the correct evacuation plan in consideration of the properly communicated hazards would have reduced the death toll by 90%.
In this respect, the true analog to Haiyan was far back in the 1800s, massive storm surge killing an estimated 10000 in Tacloban. No one will remember that, and people only rediscovered it after researching precursors to Haiyan.
Signal no 5 was added in the Philippines because of Haiyan btw as well as the usage of the term Super Typhoon.
We love you alferia
Great video bud ❤❤
and just 2 days ago Yagi typhoon hit southern China and northern Vietnam, one of the worst tropical cyclones in the past 30 years in the East Sea (or South China sea whichever you want to address it).
New upload !!!! Yipeeee :D
Super Typhoon Haiyan had winds of 195 MPH
Excellent documentary, and terrific voice over.
WOW! I was so looking forward to this video and not only was it long but very well done!
Awesome video and keep up your awesome videos.❤🙂👍💯🌀
Merry Christmas 🙂
The fact that we can't exactly sure how strong Haiyan actually get because the WPAC has no recon, some says it 195mph and some says it higher than that like 205mph, but for now we stuck with 195mph for Haiyan in Offical post. Can't even imagine if my country (Cambodia) were hit by these monsters and that would have been bad, but somehow in the past my country has some very close calls from super typhoons the last typhoon it was a very big close call was typhoon Gay in 1989 and the typhoon is kinder rare because it form in the gulf of Thailand and strengthen to a Cat 5 and made landfall at it's peak on Thailand almost near the capital. And I hope there would be no more storms will.
And man the WPAC basin is very crazy at producing this many storms I mean yeah he did explain why the WPAC basin is very active because of:
Low wind sheere
And high sea surface temperature
But sometimes the WPAC can also has less storms than the Atlantic like this year where there were less storms than the Atlantic and became the 2nd most unactive typhoon season ever recorded since the 2010 typhoon season. And I almost forgot that the most active typhoon season ever recorded was the 1964 typhoon season with 32 named storms
Edit: Don't question me why the typhoon was name "GAY" ok.🗿
The reason why Cambodia rarely (if any) gets typhoons was that the steering patterns push the typhoons either to neighboring Vietnam, or towards Thailand further south. As such, Cambodia usually get typhoon remnants or the outer rain bands or enhanced monsoons within the country rather than a full-on typhoon.
As for Typhoon Gay, that is due to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) was responsible for naming storms before 2000, when they are responsible for running the basin before the Japan Meteorological Agency assumes responsibility since then, though the JTWC continues to issue advisories... For another interesting trivia, there was regular recon flights in WPAC before it was discontinued during the late 80s, though various countries have flown some irregular recon flights towards select typhoons since then (Megi 2010, and Lan 2017)!
Honestly, this is an example of the America that I'm so proud to be apart of 🥹 and our wonderful military. I had no idea that Yolanda devastated the Philippines so bad.
This is cool
Wasabi productions went around with a list and price of things like dance, smile, jump, etc. in a video titled Smile for the Philippines as a charity event.
Whenever Alferia uses Empty House, you know its gonna be tragic.
Thanks!
ITS OUT!
That was a strong ending....nice