Editing Eastern Samar (section)

===Contemporary===
[[File:Operation Damayan 131118-M-LT992-019.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Aerial view of Guiuan in November 2013 on the aftermath of [[Typhoon Haiyan]] (Yolanda)]]
The capital town of [[Borongan]] became a component city by virtue of ''Republic Act No. 9394'' which sought to convert the municipality into a city. The law was ratified on June 21, 2007.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=9394|url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9394_2007.html|title=An Act Converting the Municipality of Borongan in the Province of Eastern Samar Into a Component City to Be Known as the City of Borongan|date=March 16, 2007|accessdate=October 27, 2024}}</ref> However, the cityhood status was lost twice in the years 2008 and 2010 after the [[League of Cities of the Philippines|LCP]] questioned the validity of the cityhood law. The cityhood status was reaffirmed after the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|court]] finalized its ruling on February 15, 2011, declaring the cityhood law constitutional.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2011/04/13/675404/sc-affirms-cityhood-ruling|first=Edu|last=Punay|title=SC affirms cityhood ruling |date=April 13, 2011|accessdate=October 27, 2024|website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

[[Typhoon Haiyan|Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)]], one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, made its first [[landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] in the coastal town of Guiuan in November 2013.<ref name=WSJ-Haiyan>{{cite news|last1=Baylis|first1=Paul|last2=Te-Ping Chen|title=How One Philippine Town Avoided Calamity|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304243904579197242462490948|access-date=20 December 2015|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=22 November 2013}}</ref>