Misplaced Pages

1912 Tacloban typhoon

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Pacific typhoon in 1912

The 1912 Tacloban typhoon is a typhoon hit Tacloban, Philippines in 1912. It has been pointed out that this typhoon was very similar to Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013 (about 100 years later).

Overview

In November 1912, a typhoon swept through the central Philippines and "practically destroyed" Tacloban. In Tacloban and Capiz on the island of Panay, the death toll was 15,000, half the population of those cities at the time.

Tacloban was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, 101 years later. In other words, a similar catastrophe occurred about a century after the 1912 typhoon. However, there was no report that the lessons of the 1912 typhoon were passed down. In other words, despite the devastating damage caused by Typhoon 1912, it was largely forgotten 101 years later. So when Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban, the interesting fact that a similar catastrophe had occurred about 100 years ago was revealed once again. Due to this, 2013 Haiyan was also called "100-Year Storm".

References

  1. "1912 Tacloban Typhoon". emaze presentations. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  2. Mullen, Jethro (2013-11-21). "In Tacloban's history, little compares with terror of Typhoon Haiyan". CNN. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  3. Blogger (2013-11-20). "Typhoon Yolanda Linked to Philippine Storm in 1912 15,000 Perished Went Viral". AttractTour. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  4. Humanities, National Endowment for the (1912-11-29). "The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, November 29, 1912, Night Edition, Image 2". p. 2. ISSN 1941-0654. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  5. "15,000 Die in Philippine Storm". Washington Herald. November 30, 1912. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  6. Diola, Camille. "1912 reports on Tacloban storm 'killing' 15,000 resurface". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  7. "Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 201330 (HAIYAN)". agora.ex.nii.ac.jp. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  8. liz_caringola (2013-11-21). "Story on 1912 typhoon goes viral". Special Collections & University Archives. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  9. "You've Heard The Phrase "100-Year Storm?"". Vermont Digital Newspaper Project (VTDNP). Retrieved 2022-12-09.

See also

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This Philippine history-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: