disaster,rstand this let's use our virtual reality studio to try to piece together how this catastrophic weather unfolded. have had more than 20 typhoons this year alone, but no -- none at the scale of this one. it began as a loose cluster of thunderclouds, nothing unusual. but they quickly merged together to form a single weather system rotating, pulling air up into its center. the storm stretched over 300 miles. it was a typhoon, and the heat rising from the water was adding to its strength. --- higher temperatures mean more energy. this means that the eye of the storm, the wind kept accelerating with intense low pressure that lifted the sea surface that created a storm sage -- a storm surge. compare this town before the disaster and the same view just after it. almost every house has had its roof ripped off. year, a similar fate, the storm hit with it explosive force. >> the devastation is staggering. >> today, an official who is from here was that the u.n. and called for an end to global warming. >> we can fix this. we can stop the madness right now, right here. >> an emotional momen

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