THE END OF THE WORLD: an overview of our 18-part photo series about the worst storm ever — Typhoon Haiyan

By Globalite Magazine August 24, 2017

— words and photos by Christopher Johnson — (warning: graphic images) — Typhoon Haiyan was unlike any story in recent memory. It was one of the greatest calamities in modern times: a combination of a mammoth hurricane, tornado-force winds, and sea surges akin to the tsunamis of 2004 and 2011. Many scientists called it the …

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