Question

Samar and Leyte experienced extreme debacle due to Typhoon

Yolanda which was somehow similar to the disaster experienced by

Quezon brought by Typhoon Glenda.


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Answer 1

Typhoon yolanda:

• On Nov. 8, 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Super Typhoon Yolanda, hit the Philippines as a Category 5 storm. It destroyed the Visayas island chain, which contains 17 million people and is the country's central region.
• The Philippines' Quezon province, formally known as the Province of Quezon (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Quezon), is situated in the Calabarzon region of the island of Luzon.
• Three Category 5 super typhoons, Pamela in 1954, Rai in 2021, and Typhoon Rammasun, also known as Typhoon Glenda in the Philippines, have been recorded in the South China Sea. In July 2014, Rammasun caused havoc in the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam
• Most of Eastern Visayas, or Region VIII, was damaged by the storm. As of the first semester of 2012, Region VIII was the third poorest region in the country. The majority of the victims were from Region VIII. The provinces of Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, and Palawan were also affected.

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Answer 2

Samar and Leyte were the people who had experienced a high debacle (the meaning of the word is experiencing a huge failure or encountering a fiasco) due to the disastrous Typhoon Yolanda.

• This typhoon is regarded as being similar to the previously experienced Quezon which was an effect of the disastrous Typhoon Glenda.
• Typhoon Yolanda is originally known as Super Typhoon Haiyan.
• It occurred in a concentrated area of the Philippines.
• Typhoon Yolanda is hence regarded as one of the most disastrous and powerful types of tropical cyclones.
• Various areas of Southeast Asia were affected due to this cyclone.

Hence, Typhoon Yolanda was being compared to the disastrous Typhoon Glenda.

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