On Friday, November 8, typhoon Haiyan (category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale) hit the Philippines at 4:40 a.m. local time. With wind speeds of more than 300 km/h, the typhoon moved west-northwest across the islands of Samar and Leyte, triggering numerous storm surges that caused extensive destruction. According to official estimates, thousands of people died, hundreds of thousands became homeless.The map shows the population distribution in the northern part of the island of Cebu and includes the administrative regions of Daanbantayan and Medellin. Population data for the year 2010 were obtained from AsiaPop (www.asiapop.org).Furthermore, the number of inhabitants per municipality is presented in tabular form. Please note that small white areas in the map were created by combining different data sources.
V pátek 8. listopadu zasáhl Filipíny tajfun Haiyan (kategorie 5 na stupnici Saffir-Simpson) ve 4:40 místního času. S rychlostí větru více než 300 km/h se tajfun pohyboval západo-severozápadně přes ostrovy Samar a Leyte, což vyvolalo četné bouře, které způsobily rozsáhlé destrukce. Podle oficiálních odhadů zemřely tisíce lidí, stovky tisíc se staly bezdomovci.Mapa ukazuje rozložení populace v severní části ostrova Cebu a zahrnuje administrativní oblasti Daanbantayan a Medellin. Údaje o počtu obyvatel za rok 2010 byly získány z AsiaPop (www.asiapop.org). Kromě toho je počet obyvatel na obec uveden v tabulkové podobě. Vezměte prosím na vědomí, že malé bílé plochy na mapě byly vytvořeny kombinací různých zdrojů dat.
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On Friday, November 8, typhoon Haiyan (category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale) hit the Philippines at 4:40 a.m. local time. With wind speeds of more than 300 km/h, the typhoon moved west-northwest across the islands of Samar and Leyte, triggering numerous storm surges that caused extensive destruction. According to official estimates, thousands of people died, hundreds of thousands became homeless.The map shows the population distribution in the northern part of the island of Cebu and includes the administrative regions of Daanbantayan and Medellin. Population data for the year 2010 were obtained from AsiaPop (www.asiapop.org).Furthermore, the number of inhabitants per municipality is presented in tabular form. Please note that small white areas in the map were created by combining different data sources.