CASE STUDY 7 : EXTREME WEATHER EVENT CASE STUDY - TYPHOON HAIYAN, PHILIPPINES

Question 1

LOCATION

Answer 1

TYPHOON HAIYAN, TACLOBAN, EAST PHILIPPINES

Philippines is a series of islands

South - East Asia
South West of Japan
North of Malaysia
North of Australia

Question 2

DATE

Answer 2

8TH NOVEMBER 2013

Question 3

FACTORS

Answer 3

Category 5 typhoon
Typhoons only form in the Pacific Ocean is - vast, deep and has warm water, above 26c,
lots of little thunderstorms = cariolosis effect
tacloban is low lying - easier to flow

Question 4

IMPACTS ON PEOPLE

Answer 4

SHORT TERM
Deaths around 10,000 mostly from drowning due to the storm surge
Injuries
Airport destroyed
Homes destroyed about 3.9 Million homeless - refugee camps, exposed to water borne diseases as sewage mixes with water.
Valuable possessions lost and destroyed

LONG TERM
Damage $700 Million to agriculture and infrastructure
Fish industry destroyed
No electricity
Health centres damaged
Crops and fish lost = 77% farmers and 74% fishermen lost their primary source of income

Question 5

HOW WASTHE WEATHER EVENT FORMED

Answer 5

water in Pacific Ocean reached 26c

thunder clouds formed over ocean surface as sun heated the ocean - the air and water vapour rises to create low pressure

Trade Winds meet around the equator and these helped to make the storm spin and create a vortex

As the storm grew in strength it moved West over the Sea sucking up more warm and wet air and then hits

Tacloban city where it created a storm surge and began to dissipate its energy

areas of high pressure rush towards areas of low pressure which creates the winds