Video: Typhoon Haiyan: Aid worker films huge wave washing away building Filmed from the top floor of a boarding house, the video shows stormy waves completely submerging surrounding houses as winds and rain lash the area in Eastern Samar province. The footage was taken around the time that Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Yolanda, made landfall last Friday, according to British-based charity Plan International. Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 3,600 people and destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of homes in what were already poor regions of the country. Major aid and clean-up efforts are now underway after severe delays due to blocked roads and damaged transport. The footage was posted on British-based charity Plan International's YouTube site.