Philippines. Province Eastern Samar. Guiuan. Daily family's life. The father stands on the house's doorstep. The mother dries laundry on a rope in the living room. Children are playing ine their room. The 300 kph (or km/h) winds of typhoon Haiyan has blown and destroyed houses, ripped rooftops apart and smashed walls. The town of Guiuan was the first to face the fury of typhoon Haiyan when it barrelled into the Philippines on november 8 2013. 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). 28.11.13 © 2013 Didier Ruef