[2][3] In November 1912, a typhoon swept through the central Philippines and "practically destroyed" Tacloban.
In Tacloban and Capiz on the island of Panay, the death toll was 15,000, half the population of those cities at the time.
[4][5][6] Tacloban was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, 101 years later.
In other words, despite the devastating damage caused by Typhoon 1912, it was largely forgotten 101 years later.
[7] So when Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban, the interesting fact that a similar catastrophe had occurred about 100 years ago was revealed once again.