LAST EDITED ON 11-08-13 AT 12:09 PM (EST)http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/08/21362576-most-powerful-storm-ever-to-make-landfall-batters-philippines-3-deaths-confirmed?lite
Although it's been downgraded from a super typhoon, experts say that Haiyan is the strongest typhoon of the year and possibly the most powerful to ever hit land.
.. winds approaching 200 mph .. mudslides, flash flooding and a storm surge with waves of up to 30 feet ..
with the country’s lines of communication cut, officials feared the death toll could rise dramatically. .. Meteorologists had expected Haiyan to reduce in power as it approached the coast but it hit the Pacific islands at its peak power.
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