Super typhoon Haiyan. Radar satellite image of super typhoon Haiyan over the Philippines on 7th November 2013 showing wind speed and direction. The Category 5 storm, with wind speeds up to 314 kilometres per hour, may be the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall. It devastated large areas of the Philippines, particularly Samar Island and Leyte, affecting 9 million people. Over 3,500 people were killed and more than 12,000 injured. Data from the OSCAT radar scatterometer on the Indian Space Research Organizations OceanSAT-2 satellite.