Typhoon Haiyan, graphically speaking
[VV note: Use the onscreen sliders to view "before" and "after" photos of the Tacloban devastation at the end of the article.]
8 maps that explain why Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines so hard
By Max Fisher, Updated: November 15 at 2:03 pm, Washington Post
A week after Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, the country's crisis is far from over, with perhaps thousands of dead still be counted, tens or hundreds of thousands of people displaced and basic services, including access to food, shut down in many areas. To help convey how and why the storm was so bad, here is a series of eight maps on Haiyan, its impact and the Philippines' crisis.
1. The storm's path across Southeast Asia
This map shows Haiyan's path westward across the Pacific. The numbers indicate the size of the storm, which peaked just as it hit the central Philippines. Manila, the country's capital and its most populous city, was out of the storm's range. But many other cities were not, including Tacloban, in Leyte province, which is indicated on the map with a yellow dot.
2. The size of the storm, relative to the United States
Lots of erroneous size comparisons circulated early on. The New Republic's Nate Cohn debunked those false maps, posting this accurate one. The Philippines, as you can see, marked in red, is really big (it's also highly populous, with 98 million people). And so was the typhoon that swept across it.
3. Population density where the storm hit
This map zooms in on the central Philippines districts where the storm pushed through, with the regions color-coded according to population density. Produced by the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, this map is crucial for understanding the storm's impact. Those darker areas have more than half a million people; see, for example, the area around Tacloban (though the city itself has a population of 218,000) and around Cebu. This is where the humanitarian and rebuilding work is most important.
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8 maps that explain why Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines so hard
By Max Fisher, Updated: November 15 at 2:03 pm, Washington Post
A week after Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, the country's crisis is far from over, with perhaps thousands of dead still be counted, tens or hundreds of thousands of people displaced and basic services, including access to food, shut down in many areas. To help convey how and why the storm was so bad, here is a series of eight maps on Haiyan, its impact and the Philippines' crisis.
1. The storm's path across Southeast Asia
This map shows Haiyan's path westward across the Pacific. The numbers indicate the size of the storm, which peaked just as it hit the central Philippines. Manila, the country's capital and its most populous city, was out of the storm's range. But many other cities were not, including Tacloban, in Leyte province, which is indicated on the map with a yellow dot.
2. The size of the storm, relative to the United States
Lots of erroneous size comparisons circulated early on. The New Republic's Nate Cohn debunked those false maps, posting this accurate one. The Philippines, as you can see, marked in red, is really big (it's also highly populous, with 98 million people). And so was the typhoon that swept across it.
3. Population density where the storm hit
This map zooms in on the central Philippines districts where the storm pushed through, with the regions color-coded according to population density. Produced by the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, this map is crucial for understanding the storm's impact. Those darker areas have more than half a million people; see, for example, the area around Tacloban (though the city itself has a population of 218,000) and around Cebu. This is where the humanitarian and rebuilding work is most important.
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