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It has been believed that the overflow of seawater rarely causes outbreaks of leptospirosis because the leptospires are killed by salt water. On 8 November 2013, a storm surge caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) inundated the entire coastal areas of Tacloban and Palo in Leyte, Philippines. The present study was carried out in order to determine whether the environmental leptospires in soil were able to survive after the storm surge in the affected areas. We collected 23 wet soil samples along the coastal areas of Tacloban and Palo 2 months after the storm surge. The samples were suspended in HEPES buffer, and the supernatants were cultured in liquid or semisolid Korthof's medium supplemented with five antimicrobial agents to inhibit the growth of contaminants. Leptospires were isolated from primary cultures of 22 out of 23 samples. The DNA of pathogenic\n            <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">Leptospira<\/jats:named-content>\n            species was detected in 11 samples (47.8%) by analysis of\n            <jats:italic>flaB<\/jats:italic>\n            by nested PCR. Eventually, two pathogenic\n            <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">Leptospira<\/jats:named-content>\n            strains were isolated and showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to\n            <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">Leptospira kmetyi<\/jats:named-content>\n            . When these isolates were experimentally mixed with soil, they were found to survive in seawater for 4 days. These results show the possibility that leptospires living in soil survived after the storm surge. 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