THE THIRTIETH STORM 2013
Typhoon Haiyan (or Yolanda) crashed through the Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines on the 7 and 8 of November, 2013 leaving a trail of death and destruction in its path. According to officials, Haiyan, known as the thirtieth named storm of the Pacific achieved sustained wind speeds of 195mph, gusts of over 235mph, a storm surge of 13 feet, was classed as a Category 5 storm, having a swathe of some 350 miles wide. It affected almost 13 million people in the Philippines, causing an estimated death toll of 5,000, displaced 3,000,000 people, with 500,000 homes and buildings destroyed.
This is a series of pictures photographed within 2 minutes in Dotonbori, Osaka on the 11 November when I first heard of the death and destruction which slowly played out in a news broadcast displayed on the large public LCD screens. The Japanese have had their fair share of typhoons and natural disasters, and the report of yet another large scale disaster in the region so close to the Tohoku disaster of 2011 must have greatly affected the national psyche for many.
This is a series of pictures photographed within 2 minutes in Dotonbori, Osaka on the 11 November when I first heard of the death and destruction which slowly played out in a news broadcast displayed on the large public LCD screens. The Japanese have had their fair share of typhoons and natural disasters, and the report of yet another large scale disaster in the region so close to the Tohoku disaster of 2011 must have greatly affected the national psyche for many.
