Disaster In The Philippines 5 Years Ago. Natural disasters in the philippines. Typhoon haiyan took more than 6 000 lives on the island nation destroying homes bridges schools farms and businesses in its wake.
There are no historical eruptions from malinao which is believed to have been active from about 500 000 years ago until 60 000 years ago. Five years ago today one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the philippines made landfall. The main difference is that for half of the year it is relatively dry and for the other half it is wet.
Helping save lives amongst the destruction.
Typhoon haiyan took more than 6 000 lives on the island nation destroying homes bridges schools farms and businesses in its wake. Typhoon haiyan devastated the philippines five years ago. The largest was the 1918 celebes sea earthquake with m w 8 3. Typhoon haiyan took more than 6 000 lives on the island nation destroying homes bridges schools farms and businesses in its wake.