Typhoon Haiyan

In a CNN.com article written on November 8, 2013, the destruction and wreckage of Typhoon Haiyan are put into perspective. Filipino authorities are estimating that about one thousand five hundred people had lives taken by the storm. However, others predict that the death toll is as much as ten times higher than the prior estimate. International help flew in as soon as possible. However, most frustration lies in the Filipino government who, in the people's opinion, did not respond as quickly or efficiently as they should have. Some victims have taken to looting and other crimes as a source of their survival. To compare this storm to others, Typhoon Haiyan was more than three times stronger than Hurricane Katrina, which struck the United States eight years ago.