What is Typhoon Haiyan?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name = Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) | Year = 2013 | Basin = WPac | Type = super typhoon | Image location = Haiyan 2013-11-07 1345Z (alternate, borderless).png | Image alt = Satellite image of a tropical cyclone with a very well defined eye and sprawling rainbands over open water approaching the Philippines. | Image name = Typhoon Haiyan at peak intensity, on November 7 | Formed = November 3, 2013 | Dissipated = November 11, 2013 | 10-min winds = 125 | 1-min winds = 170 | Pressure = 895 | Pressurepost = Estimated | Fatalities = 6,241 confirmed, 1,785 missing<!-- Do not update Philippine totals until situation reports from the NDRRMC are released; Add 40 people (combined Death toll from China, Taiwan, and Vietnam) per update in the Philippines; The 10,000 initial estimate was not official as this only came from a police officer and not from any official agency. The estimate was then sensationalized by the media around the world--> | Damages = 1500 <!-- China: $732 million, Philippines: $827 million --> | Damagespost = Preliminary total | Areas = {{flatlist| *[[Micronesia]] *[[Philippines]] *[[China|Southern China]] *[[Vietnam]] }} | Hurricane season = [[2013 Pacific typhoon season]] }} '''Typhoon Haiyan''' (or '''Super Typhoon Yolanda''' in the Philippines) is one of the strongest [[tropical cyclone]]s in history. It formed on November 3, 2013, in the western [[Pacific Ocean]]. It began east-southeast of [[Pohnpei]]. The storm later hit the [[Philippines]] with extremely high [[wind]]s and a strong [[storm surge]]. It has caused major damage in the [[Visayas]]. At least 6,241 people died in the storm. The director of [[Meteorology]] at Weather Underground, Jeff Masters, said this could be the strongest tropical system to reach land. <ref>{{cite web|title=Was Typhoon Haiyan a Record Storm?|url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/11/12/was-typhoon-haiyan-a-record-storm/|publisher=Scientific American|accessdate=22 January 2014|author=Mark Fischetti|date=12 November 2013}}</