✅HAZARDS Case Study - Tropical Storms, Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

Where did the typhoon originate?

Answer 1

South China Sea, the Philippines

Question 2

When did the typhoon occur?

Answer 2

November 2013

Question 3

Why were storm surges increased?

Answer 3

Sea levels have risen by 20cm since 1990

Question 4

Why was Tacloban particularly at risk?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Why were water levels in the Philippines higher?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

How many people were killed?

Answer 6

7500

Question 7

How many people were affected?

Answer 7

9 million

Question 8

How many were left homeless?

Answer 8

1.9 million

Question 9

How many people were displaced?

Answer 9

6 million

Question 10

Why were there so many casualties?

Answer 10

Due to a lack of aid in the area

Question 11

Why did disease spread so easily?

Answer 11

Likely due to lack of food, water and shelter
+humidity and heat

Question 12

How much was the overall cost of damage?

Answer 12

$12 billion

Question 13

What major crops were destroyed?
How much?

Answer 13

Major rice and sugar areas
1.1 million tonnes

Question 14

How much did the farm damage cost?

Answer 14

$85 million

Question 15

What environmental losses were seen?

Answer 15

Forests were lost and widespread flooding

Question 16

What was leaked into ecosystems?

Answer 16

Oil and sewerage

Question 17

Why were pollution levels higher?

Answer 17

Due to lack of sanitation

Question 18

What did the government declare?

Answer 18

A state of national emergency

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Went from 2500 workers to 70

Question 20

How many people were given food assistance?

Answer 20

4 million

Question 21

How many temporary learning site were set up?

Answer 21

140,000

Question 22

How many households received basic emergency shelter materials?

Answer 22

500,000

Question 23

What services were provided?

Answer 23

Healthcare, food and water

Question 24

How was disease prevented?

Answer 24

Hundreds of thousands of children were vaccinated

Question 25

How many families were given seeds?

Answer 25

44,000

Question 26

How many were given fertilisers to grow crops?

Answer 26

80,000 with the aim of feeding 800,000

Question 27

How many received tools and materials to rebuild homes?

Answer 27

55,000

Question 28

How much money was given in grants?

Answer 28

$23 million

Question 29

What did Save the Children do in the country?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

What did the US FAO do in the country?

Answer 30

Assisted farming and fishing families
Distributed goods and fertiliser
Encouraged women to sell hand made products
Trained 900 boat builders

Question 31

What environmental impacts were there?

Answer 31

Over 5 metre-high storm surges, damaged the airport
Caused heavy rainfall, 300mm
Much washed away

Question 32

How often does The Philippines encounter storms

Answer 32

Often
Haiyan was the 25th tropical storms in Filipino waters in 2013

Question 33

Failures in MPPP

Answer 33

Many residents weren’t familiar with the term storm surge (education)
Evacuation centres weren’t fit to withstand storm surge, people killed
The warning system issued a rain warning rather than a more serious typhoon warning

Question 34

Haiyan Intensity

Answer 34

Category 5 at landfall
Wind speeds 157 mph