Typhoon Yolanda, (international code name Haiyan) packed winds of 315 kilometers per hour and gustiness of 379 kms. when it made landfall in Eastern Samar in central Philippines on Friday

The wind velocity amazes scientists after it was estimated two days earlier of packing 193 kms and gustiness of 202 kms, speeds that already make this typhoon of the most ferocious typhoons or tropical cyclones in the world.

These photographs show why the center of the storms is often termed the eye of the storm.