Officials placed police officers in the Bicol Region ahead of the storm . In the provinces of Samar and Leyte , classes were canceled , and residents in flood - and landslide-prone areas were required to evacuate . Some of the storm-threatened areas were affected by an earlier earthquake in Bohol . Then-Philippine President Noynoy Aquino requested the military to deploy planes and helicopters to the region expected to be affected . As Haiyan was moving very fast , PAGASA issued warnings at different levels to about 60 of the 80 provinces , including the capital Metro Manila . On November 8 , the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters was activated , providing widespread charitable satellite coverage to relief organizations
earthquake in Bohol
2013 Bohol earthquake
Typhoon Haiyan