34 Climate change’s impact on the right to life of the Filipino people is most pronounced in the death toll and trauma left by extreme weather events. The deadliest in recent history, Super Typhoon Haiyan (local: Yolanda) in 2013 resulted in 6,300 individuals dead, 28,688 injured and 1,062 missing in one swoop. 148 Emilio Oñate, a Haiyan survivor, recounted what he saw–the water had carried away everything in its path, even humans and animals.149 Emilio saw people drown. He said it was the most traumatic scene–one moment people were reaching above the water, fighting for their lives, and the next moment, they were gone.150 Other survivors of extreme weather events that claimed the lives of thousands of Filipinos shared the same experience of profound loss and grief. Amalia Bahian, a survivor of Tropical Storm Washi (local: Sendong) narrated: I can say that typhoon Sendong was one of its kind. There were several typhoons that hit us, but never as strong as such typhoon. We seemed unaware of a looming disaster that would befall our family. I never thought this would kill thousands of lives including my three (3) children, one (1) son-in-law, and four (4) grandchildren. I did not know that day was the last time that I will see them. But the saddest part was that their bodies remain missing up to this day.151 Honeylyn Gonzales, who was only eighteen years old when Tropical Storm Washi struck in 2011, testified: My older brother and I together with our two (2) younger siblings decided to cross the street even if the flood was already at the chest level to get to the waiting shed.We saw a house with a second floor where we went to, after that, my older brother left us to go back to our parents to help them get to where we were at since our parents needed help too as they are disabled. My two (2) younger siblings and I waited for our parents and older brother but they never came, later on I found out from a neighbor who survived that the three of them were able to move to another house that was quite high. On December 17 at around 2:00 AM, my older brother sent our neighbor where the three of us were [a text message] to ask how 148 National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, supra note 8. 149 Emilio Oñate, Leyte Fact Finding Mission. 150 Id. 151 Exhibit CCCCCCCCC, Salaysay ni Gng. Amalia Bahian (with English Translation) at 2.