Asia: On the trail of Super Typhoon Haiyan
    
        
            
                
            Source: Asia Insurance Review | Dec 2013
         
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Close to 5,000 people perished, at least 650,000 were displaced from their homes and villages, and about 22,000 went missing after Category 5 super-typhoon Haiyan swept through central Philippines on 8 November with average wind speeds of 315kph.
    
    
    
    
    
	
        
		
        
            
                
				
					
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