miles, roughly the distance between florida and canada. a wall of water reached second story houses, an estimated height of 16 feet, leaving people frantically searching for higher ground. many predict haiyan was the strongest cyclone to make landfall anywhere in the world in recorded history. it was 3.5 times more forceful than hurricane katrina, superstorm sandy's storm stretched a further distance but were half as powerful. in fact the wind gusts were stronger tan hurricane katrina and sandy. take a look at the system right now, we are talking 75-mile-per-hour winds. it is continuing to weaken into the mountainous region of china. we are talking about heavy amounts of rain as much as 6 inches w. that the flash flooding concerns will be high,