 Oh no: Haiyan, the super typhoon about to hit the Philippines, is even bigger than Katrina.  Oh no: Haiyan, the super typhoon about to hit the Philippines, is even bigger than Katrina. Skip navigation       Know more From wonkblog   About        No more Know more      Oh no: Haiyan, the super typhoon about to hit the Philippines, is even bigger than Katrina. A super typhoon called “Haiyan” is about to make landfall in the Philippines. It’s hard to overstate how intense this thing is. “Haiyan makes Katrina look like a run-of-the-mill storm,” Nate Cohn at The New Republic writes. “It may be the most intense tropical storm in recorded history.”Click “Know More” to read Cohn’s explanation. See more photos like these here.  Dylan Matthews | November 7, 2013 at 6:07 pm    Facebook  Twitter     Know more: Haiyan makes Katrina look weak        No more Know more          These amazing Fibonacci sculptures animate under a strobe light   Ana Swanson        No more Know more       Presidential ties are a boost for Hillary but a burden for Jeb   Ana Swanson       ADVERTISEMENT          No more Know more       Data art: A day in the life of 360 New York taxis   Ana Swanson        No more Know more       The incredible shift in Davos buzzwords since the financial crisis   Ana Swanson        No more Know more       Whites think “African Americans” make a lot more than “blacks”   Ana Swanson          No more Know more       The vast majority of Americans drive to work alone   Ana Swanson        No more Know more       The State of the Union, in the president’s words   Ana Swanson        No more Know more       The geography of the State of the Union   Ana Swanson          No more Know more       According to movie ratings, violence is more appropriate than sex   Ana Swanson        No more Know more       The world’s 80 richest people have the same wealth as the bottom 3.6 billion   Ana Swanson        No more Know more       Americans are more scared of unpasteurized milk than marijuana   Ana Swanson           Close    Want to Know More? Like us on Facebook              