Two days before Yolanda, a govt graphic about storm surges

Most Filipinos know a typhoon's destructive winds. But before the ferocity of super typhoon Yolanda, the now painfully familiar "storm surge"– especially the kind that could flatten a town – was an alien phenomenon to many. 

 

On November 6, two days before Yolanda's landfall,  Gov.ph—the national government's official web portal—posted a detailed and clear explanation in Filipino about what a storm surge is and how to prepare for it. 

 

How many actually read it and heeded its advice should be part of the post-mortem on the worst natural disaster ever to strike the Philippines. — Howie Severino /TJD, GMA News