Super Typhoon Haiyan Yolanda Makes Landfall in the Philippines Nov 8,2013

Super Typhoon Haiyan Yolanda made morning landfall at Guiuan, a small city in Samar province in the eastern Philippines.

Government forecasters said Thursday that Typhoon Haiyan, shown via a satellite image, was packing sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour and ferocious gusts of 250 km/h.

The President of the Philippines has already requested the military to deploy planes and helicopters to the region expected to be affected by the storm. President Benigno Aquino III warned people to leave high-risk areas, including 100 coastal communities where forecasters said the storm surge could reach up to 23 feet. He urged seafarers to stay in port.

"No typhoon can bring Filipinos to their knees if we'll be united," he said in a televised address.

And as for most Filipino netizens, spirits are high,  as one tweeted, "Yolanda" can be as fast as chevy typhoon, but we're Pinoys you can't beat us, they're really typhoon shutters.

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), local governments has evacuated several families in danger areas and suspended classes.

At least three people, including a 1-year-old child, were reported to have been killed. The infant and another person were hit by debris in Cotabato province, and a woman in Cebu died when she was hit by a falling coconut tree, authorities said.

As of 1:00PM Nov 8, 2013 (Manila Time) the eye of Typhoon "YOLANDA" was at the vicinity of Cuartero, Capiz (11.3°N, 122.8°E) with maximum sustained winds of 200 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 230 kph.



Situated near an area of the Pacific Ocean where tropical cyclones form, the Philippines regularly suffers severe storm damage. An average of 20 typhoons hit the archipelagic nation every year, and several of those cause serious damage.

For typhoon information, keep on tuning with the Philippines' typhoon forecast agency on twitter DOST_PAGASA.

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