1) Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines, 2013

Question 1

Causes of the typhoon

Answer 1

Hot surface temperature
Optimum place for coriolis effect
Weak upper level winds

Question 2

How hot was the sea temperature?

Answer 2

30c

Question 3

Strength of winds

Answer 3

305 km/h

Question 4

Number of deaths

Answer 4

6,300

Question 5

Number of people impacted

Answer 5

14 million

Question 6

How many left without income source?

Answer 6

6 million

Question 7

What happened to Tacloban?

Answer 7

90% was destroyed

Question 8

How much rain?

Answer 8

400 mm

Question 9

Number of houses destroyed

Answer 9

1.2 million

Question 10

Short term responses 3

Answer 10

Food donated by Red Cross
cash-for-work programmes
French, Belgium and Israeli field hospitals set up

Question 11

What did the Philippine Red Cross do?

Answer 11

Donated basic food and necessaties

Question 12

What did the UN do?

Answer 12

Appealed for £190 million for aid

Question 13

When did it happen?

Answer 13

November 2013

Question 14

Maximum wave height

Answer 14

7 metres

Question 15

Secondary impacts 3

Answer 15

Shortage of food, water and shelter
Outbreaks of disease
Landslides caused by flooding stopped people reaching damaged areas

Question 16

Long term responses 2

Answer 16

Rebuilding of infrastructure

Thousands of new homes built