Philippines. Province Eastern Samar. Santa Rita. The winds of typhoon Haiyan has blown and destroyed electric power lines and ripped the rooftop of the catholic church. A worker on a pylon. Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, was an exceptionally powerful tropical cyclone that devastated the country. Haiyan is also the strongest storm recorded at landfall in terms of wind speed (300 km per hour). 25.11.13 © 2013 Didier Ruef