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Super Typhoon + Manila = Disaster

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Sep 04, 2014
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Last November, Super Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, slammed into the Visayas region of the Philippines, taking more than 6,300 lives and resulting in US$2.86 billion in property damage. What would happen if such a storm were to pound Metro Manila, the home of 16 million people?

Haiyan/Yolanda is believed to have been the strongest typhoon ever…

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