yea terrible thing that happened to those people but, there is a slight warning just like a tsunami, when the water gets sucked into the ocean it means theres a huge wave coming. not that it's enough time for them to do anything but a warning nonetheless. Thoughts and prayers with the survivors

@Rolando LOL! It's not a tsunami dude, it's a storm surge and they usually go up on land gradually not like this. This was very unprecedented because it acted like a tsunami when it was suppose to be just a storm surge. Experts said it was because of the change in the wind direction and the location of the city. It was a typhoon, tsunami's for earthquakes. lol

Nech Michelle Tuazon You do comprehend that he said LIKE not IS a tsunami right?

@@nechtuazon it acted like one because of the geographuc location hot water and winds you can see in the vid at the start the waves were already crashing in and near the end you can see the water looks a bit shallower and calmer then the big wave came thats what he's saying and you stated it yoyrself IT ACTED LIME A TSUNAMI Rolando said THERE WAS A SLIGHT WARNING LIKE A TSUNAMI feelin so smart ey wheb yoy cant conprehend what rolando said? Lol? laughing out loud that uwere laughing out loud fir no reason LOL

@@viacrucishector1821 she doesn't LOL

yea storm surge is deadly, A storm surge is an offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system, typically tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones. Storm surges are caused primarily by high winds pushing on the ocean's surface. The wind causes the water to pile up higher than the ordinary sea level. Storm surges claims many lives.

this one acted like a tsunami unlike normal storm surges that gradually take over land

@@mpred8606 I've read written descriptions of storm surges coming ashore like this, described as a "wall of water", but up till this video I don't think there were any movies that showed this so clearly.

@@hebneh and sadly this isnt a movie

@@hebneh I agree. I wish there would be movies made based on this.

i did cried, it's a heartbreaking situation, i pray for those souls and pray for the survivors that they can overcome considering they lost their love ones, the nightmare will hunt forever.

Confirmed final reading for Super Typhoon Haiyan storm surge height, 25ft

Yes, Athon

This Is real Haiyan Eaten Philippines

This experience will forever change all foreigners who live in the Philippines.

yup...and i hope locals never forget what can happen so they are able to prepare and get to safety sooner.

Too incredible...

This was something the experts couldn't even predict. They were only able to figure why the storm surge acted like a tsunami after studying what happened. Unfortunately, the location, geographic condition, hot water temperature, and the change in wind direction permitted this to happen. There was nothing a human intervention could do as it was unforeseen.

Yeah completely depends on the location though. If you are near water, have weak infrastructure and are in a dense area a tornado would probably be less damaging, but in a rural area with good infrastructure a hurricane ain't gonna do much.

This is no where near as bad as an EF5 tornado

​@@ozone8897 seriously?

@@ozone8897 aint hurricanes deadlier and more destructive?

@@stickyboy420 Yes and no. Hurricanes cause more deaths and total damage because they are gigantic. But tornadoes cause much more intense damage and have a lower survival rate

prayers do nothing in times like this.

What the Fuck is your point

@@jinroh516 Praying whatever divinity wont help you, nor the others, nor the gods care about you. Filming it might help others to understand how to survive situations like this. And stop using "Fuck" as if you felt like a big boy.

Lol

jail was destroyed, almost all establishment were destroyed, so who will help them that time, each of them tried to save their lives, but how can you help your family from the monster floods. Even if you know how to swim theirs so many debris. My niece said that a man swam and injured his ear by a debris, so many were wounded.

Mostly dont know what is storm surges. That why most of them stay at home and thinking that it still as the other typhoon they experince.. but apparently not..

macro phages actually I think god did this.

@@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711 He did not. This is nature + human activities that affect the nature.

@@keekee300 I blame god for everything since he is reported to have created everything.

Hi Christine, please email us at mediabank@plan-international.org with a brief outline of how and where you want to use this footage.

Thank god also for the typhoon since he created everything.

it has happened before... Calauag, Quezon - November 1995, Typhoon Rosing (international codename: Angela )

HAARP

If this is the result of new modern warfare, Philippines will be eradicated from the world...just a conspiracy...I hope this not about China's position in conquering our islands..

***** and you're one of the sheep on the opposite side of the spectrum I see.... Good on ya mate. Now run along and be a bitch somewhere else.

PAGASA did tell the LGUs and media about the high waves and storm surge. I even remember PAGASA showing a simulation of storm surge based on a Japan weather model in their press briefing and Kuya Kim Atienza reiterating the possible 7-8 meter storm surge in his weather report but the problem is, what does 7-8 meter storm surge looks like? And for most of the people in coastal communities without sufficient knowledge about weather stuff, the question that they were surely asking was "WTH is storm surge?" Sure, we can look at buildings with 7-8 meter height which I did to imagine the storm surge height. But no Filipinos, including me, know how catastrophic can storm surge be until Yolanda/Haiyan happened.

the incompetent president renewed his very nauseating finger-pointing towards the decimated and paralyzed LGU of tacloban while hobnobbing with the officials of guiuan in samar. leche naman 'to! we are in a tremendous crisis and the president has the stomach to play politics.

Tama si Rodel, talagang may panahon pa mag turuan eh, imbes mag set na lang ng example then re-establish what was lost.

In Tanauan leyte, the LGU was prepared with trucks and supplies readied. But ALL those trucks and supplies were literally washed out by the surging waters.

Rodel Ferrer Obviously e you are also playing politics based on your comments, specially when you sided with the Mayor and LGU of Tacloban, Leyte, absolving them of any shortcomings, just because you say they were also hit. May kapabayaan yung Mayor nila sa Tacloban, kaya ganun kalaki ang casualty dun. You should go read the news article about the island of Tulang Diyot in Cebu, a small island where they recorded ZERO casualty. This is because the mayor in that place ordered a forced evacuation. Sineryoso nila yung warning. Yung mayor sa Tacloban e obviously didn't take the warnings seriously. Unlike the other towns. Sabi pa ng isang nag comment dito na yung mayor dun e inabutan ng bagyo sa may seaside property nila. Kung di ba naman sya tanga. Bagyo tapos sa tabing dagat sya? Sus! Tapos ang kapal pa ng mukha na magpa presscon at magpa interview na kesyo daw buhay sila. Pwe! Kapabayaan din yan ng mga local officials, isa pa, yang area na yan ay isa sa mga pinakamahihirap na lugar sa Pilipinas, bakit kamo? Obviously dahil ninanakaw nila yung mga pondo, na kung tutuusin e pwede sana ipambili ng rescue boats, bulldozer (pang tanggal ng debris) at pang build ng storm shelter (para hindi na sa school ginagawang evacuation area, maraming namatay dun sa school na ginawang evacuation area, dahil nilunod ng baha yung eskwela).

The mayor should have Googled "Storm Surge". Google could have saved more lives.

Maybe Philippine meteorologists should have used Google to find out what a storm surge is. Just saying.

You are right regarding a lack of knowledge regarding the Storm Surge. This is why I put together a Work Shop to explain the 4 major components of Storms Surges. This video footage is an example of the final component of the Storm Surge (Inverted Barometric Mound/Wave). I'll try to get back later and post a brief outline of the Components of Storm Surges. Great footage.

Actually, it was a storm surge like wave since that what it was.

Nope, you're wrong. If this happened in california, it would have been known to the state of california to cause cancer. Everything is known to cause cancer in the state of california. Must be the reason why california is so fucked up.

@Anngil Loyola Exactly, which was something very unprecedented. Because storm surges usually increase by hours but this one came in like a tsunami