
Unprecedented Storm
Haiyan brought sustained winds of 235km/h (147mph), with
gusts of 275 km/h (170 mph), with waves as high as 15m (45ft), bringing up to
400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in places. "The world has not seen a
storm like this before," said Senen Mangalile, the Philippines Consul
General to the UK. Steven Godby, a disaster management expert at
Nottingham Trent University, told the BBC the typhoon was "probably the
most...