( CNN ) -- When Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines on November 8 , 2013 , it struck the city of Tacloban hard . The capital city of Leyte province , nearly 400 miles south-east of Manila , was one of the first places hit by the storm and was devastated by a huge `` storm surge '' fueled by winds that reached an average of 195 mph ( 310 kmph ) . Around 200,000 people were made homeless in a matter of hours as a wall of ocean water flattened their homes . Tacloban City Stadium was one of just a handful of structures in the area to withstand the storm , despite its coastal location . CNN camera operator Scott Clotworthy visited it and other locations in Tacloban used by the AFP agency seven months ago and shot these updated photos . Read more : Returning to a city still struggling , but determined . Is Tacloban 'building back better ' after Typhoon Haiyan ? See : Tacloban stadium before and after Typhoon Haiyan .
from the slider above to see relief after the storm that struck on November 8 , 2013 and six days later . The stadium was one of just a handful of structures in Tacloban to survive the storm . He revisited the city in May 2014 .