The typhoon landed at 4:40 a.m. local time, at the town of Guiuan. Philippine weather forecasters said Haiyan—locally called Yolanda—is the strongest tropical cyclone this year to hit the country—the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane. It hammered the coastal town in Eastern Samar province with winds of 235 kilometers an hour (146 miles an hour) and gusts of 270 kph. The storm is moving west at 39 kph, a faster clip than estimated. Its diameter also shrunk to 400 kilometers.
It is the strongest to make landfall since Typhoon Ruth slammed into northern Luzon with sustained winds of 250 kph and gusts of 285 kph.
Powerful Typhoon Haiyan Hits Philippines – WSJ.com
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ABC Oz comparing Haiyan with Yasi (2011).
Wind speeds can only be model output for Haiyan. Yasi was measured.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-08/typhoon-haiyan-storm-comparison/5080096
According to this graphic from Channel 5 News of the Philippines, the top five storms are the following:
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