Case Study: Thyphoon Haiyan 2013 (T. C)

Question 1

When did it happen?

Answer 1

November 8th 2013

Question 2

What category hurricane was it?

Answer 2

Category 5

Question 3

What was the wind speed?

Answer 3

230km/h

Question 4

How high was the storm surge in some areas?

Answer 4

8m high

Question 5

How many people were killed?

Answer 5

6,190

Question 6

What city had the greatest loss of life?

Answer 6

Tacloban

Question 7

How many people were missing ?

Answer 7

1,785

Question 8

How many people were sent to evacuation camps?

Answer 8

371,000

Question 9

What happened to the refugee camps?

Answer 9

Destroyed due to strong winds they couldn’t withstand

Question 10

Why was there food shortages and how much people did it affect?

Answer 10

2.5 million experienced food shortages due to seed stocks being destroyed. However, crops like sugar cane, rice and coconut had just been harvested.

Question 11

Why was there a further loss of life?

Answer 11

Diseases such as cholera and dysentery were spread through contaminated water supplies. This was contaminated by these diseases due to flood waters from decaying corpses and raw sewage.

Question 12

What happened to the city of Bogo?

Answer 12

They had no electricity for several weeks as the electricity supply was cut off to millions of people.

Question 13

Why were people traumatised?

Answer 13

Losing loved ones , children were orphaned , no food or water for days /weeks , dead bodies everywhere and searching endlessly for loved ones.

Question 14

How many people lost their homes?

Answer 14

5 million.

Question 15

What happened to buildings within a 800km radius?

Answer 15

90% were destroyed

Question 16

How may schools were destroyed?

Answer 16

10,390

Question 17

What happened to the Tacloban airport?

Answer 17

Destroyed by a 5.2m storm surge

Question 18

What happened to the new town hall in Bongo

Answer 18

It lost its roof

Question 19

What happened at the stadium at Tacloban?

Answer 19

It withstood winds but it flooded and the people inside died.

Question 20

How long did it take for the Tacloban airport to reopen?

Answer 20

3 days

Question 21

Where did International Aid come from ?

Answer 21

The UN, US navy and celebrity appeals for help

Question 22

What did the Philippines government announce in July 2014?

Answer 22

A build back better plan which had a no build zone along the eastern coast of Visayas and a new storm surge warning system. A plan to build an embankment to protect low lying areas of Tacloban

Question 23

Why was the impact on life and property so great?

Answer 23

The Phillipeins is an LEDC, causing a lot of residents to be poor which means they can only afford wooden homes which can’t withstand strong winds.

However, even well built structures can be destroyed by a category 5 storm.

Question 24

What issues did people have returning home after the storm?

Answer 24

They had to look out for dangerous animals in their homes , watch out for live wires and sockets and pour out any storm water containers as they were a breeding ground for mosquitos which spread disease.