Philippines from a height after "Haiyan"

Supertyphoon "Yolanda" ("Haiyan" according to international classification) hit the central Philippines on November 8, 2013. Storm highest fifth category with winds of 315-380 km / h raised waves up to 5 meters.

A few photos from the height of the Philippines.

Philippine authorities have officially confirmed the deaths of almost 1,800 people as a result of Super "Yolanda." Director wound police vostochnovisayskom region reported 10 thousand dead on the island of Leyte only, and is now waiting for an explanation from him.
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Supertyphoon "Yolanda" view from space on November 7, 2013. (Photo by NOAA via Getty Images):

Activity Zone typhoons, which accounts for a third of the total number of tropical cyclones in the world, lies between the coast of East Asia in the west, in the south of the equator and the International Date Line to the east. Although most of the typhoons formed from May to November, other months they are also not free.



Here, the picture can be seen uprooted coconut palms, November 11, 2013. (Photo by Ted Aljibe | AFP | Getty Images):



In Russia, the most susceptible to typhoons Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Kamchatka and Primorsky Krai.

Samar province in central Philippines after a typhoon, November 11, 2013. (Photo by Ted Aljibe | AFP | Getty Images):



All that remains of the province of Leyte, Nov. 11, 2013. (Photo by Ted Aljibe | AFP | Getty Images):



Another photo with coconut trees torn out, November 11, 2013. (Photo by Ted Aljibe | AFP | Getty Images):



Province of Samar from a height of 11 November 2013. (Photo by AP Photo | Bullit Marquez)



Military aircraft in the province of Leyte, Nov. 11, 2013. (Photo: AP Photo | Aaron Favila):



Houses in the Philippines is quite flimsy. More serious structure preserved better. And typhoons simply moved the big ships. (Photo by Reuters | Romeo Ranoco):



Now the authorities claim to have suffered at least 2 million people in 41 provinces, 23,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. Previously reported 9.5 million victims. Although it is clear that all of this in advance. (Photo: AP Photo | Bullit Marquez):



Ruined a coastal town in the province of Samar, November 11, 2013. (Photo by Reuters | Erik De Castro):



Province of Samar, Philippines, November 11, 2013. (Photo by Ted Aljibe | AFP | Getty Images):



Photo Noel Celis | AFP | Getty Images



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