Case Study: Typhoon Haiyan 2013

Question 1

How much money was given in grants?

Answer 1

$23 million

Question 2

What did ‘Save the Children’ do in the country? (4)

Answer 2

• Trained people in trade such as carpentry
• Provided most vulnerable families with housing
• Gave out seeds to plant vegetables
• Taught children proper hygiene

Question 3

How many boat builders were trained to reinstate fishing villages?

Answer 3

900

Question 4

What did the US FAO do in the country? (4)

Answer 4

• Assisted farming and fishing families
• Distributed goods and fertilisers
• Encouraged women to sell hand made products
• Trained boat builders

Question 5

How many households were given cash for materials and labour?

Answer 5

40,000

Question 6

How many received tools and materials to rebuild homes?

Answer 6

55,000

Question 7

How many households received basic emergency shelter materials?

Answer 7

500,000

Question 8

How many were given fertilisers to grow crops?

Answer 8

80,000 with the aim of feeding 800,000

Question 9

What services were provided?

Answer 9

Healthcare
food
water

Question 10

How many families were given seeds?

Answer 10

44,000

Question 11

How many temporary learning sites were set up?

Answer 11

140,000

Question 12

How did the number of workers in the Tacloban government change?

Answer 12

Went from 2500 workers to 70

Question 13

What did the government declare?

Answer 13

A state of national emergency

Question 14

What environmental losses were seen?

Answer 14

Forests were lost and widespread flooding

Question 15

How much did the farm damage cost?

Answer 15

$85 million

Question 16

How many children were screened for malnutrition?

Answer 16

97,000

Question 17

Why were pollution levels higher?

Answer 17

Due to lack of sanitation

Question 18

How was disease prevented?

Answer 18

Hundreds of thousands of children were vaccinated

Question 19

How many people were given food assistance?

Answer 19

4 million

Question 20

What was leaked into ecosystems?

Answer 20

Oil and sewerage

Question 21

How many families received solar lanterns?

Answer 21

50,000

Question 22

What major crops were destroyed?

Answer 22

Sugar and rice

Question 23

Why were there so many casualties?

Answer 23

Due to lack of aid in the area

Question 24

How many people were killed?

Answer 24

7500

Question 25

How many hectares of land were affected?

Answer 25

71,000

Question 26

How many people were displaced?

Answer 26

6 million

Question 27

Why were water levels in the Philippines higher?

Answer 27

Combined with rising sea levels, excess groundwater lead to the land sinking

Question 28

Why was the Tacloban particularly at risk?

Answer 28

It is at the edge of a bay and water was funnelled in during the storm surge, more than 4m high

Question 29

Why did disease spread so easily?

Answer 29

Likely due to lack of food, water and shelter

Question 30

When did the typhoon occur?

Answer 30

November 2013

Question 31

How many people were affected?

Answer 31

9 million

Question 32

Where did the typhoon originate?

Answer 32

South China Sea, Philippines

Question 33

How many were left homeless?

Answer 33

1.9 million

Question 34

How many households received basic emergency shelter?

Answer 34

500,000

Question 35

Why were storm surges increased?

Answer 35

Sea levels have risen by 20cm since 1990