The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) commemorated the ninth anniversary of Super Typhoon (ST) “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the most powerful storm to make landfall in the recorded history of the Philippines.
The Office of Civil Defense commemorated the ninth anniversary of Super Typhoon “Yolanda” on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the most powerful storm to make landfall in the recorded history of the Philippines.
Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., chairman of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and officer-in-charge of the Department of National Defense , accompanied President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a wreath-laying ceremony and blessing of the Yolanda Memorial Mass Grave at the Holy Cross Memorial Garden in Tacloban City, Leyte in honor of those who died during the onslaught of Yolanda nine years ago.
“This day, let us remember and honor our dearly departed and the memories they have inculcated in our hearts and minds,” the OCD in Eastern Visayas said. ST Yolanda made its first landfall over Guiuan, Eastern Samar at 4:40 a.m. of Nov. 8, 2013 – a time when many residents were still sleeping. For the entire day, Yolanda had made six landfalls over Leyte, Cebu, Iloilo, and Palawan before it exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility around 3:30 p.m. of Nov. 9, 2013.
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