Philippines disaster-induced displacement, 2009-2013. In 2013, the Philippines had its highest level of disaster-induced displacement in five years. Some 6 million people were displaced. The quadratic curve fit is shown in red. Graphic: Desdemona Despair / data from IDMC Desdemona updated the IDMC graph from here with the number of Filipinos displaced by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013: 4 million people. Des also added a parabolic curve (red) with a pretty good fit (R2 = 0.89). cf. Philippines: 4 million people remain displaced after Typhoon Haiyan and Graph of the Day: Philippines internal displacement due to extreme weather events, 2009-2012.