Hazards CS - Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

Date of the tropical storm

Answer 1

8th November 2013

Question 2

Background of the storm

Answer 2

• ‘super typhoon’ category 5 storm

Question 3

Cause of the storm

Answer 3

Storm originated in the NW pacific and became one of the most powerful storms ever seen, with wind speeds in excess of 195 mph

Question 4

Primary effects

Answer 4

• 6500 people killed
• 90% of the city of tacloban destroyed with over 600,000 people displaced and 40,000 homes wrecked
• crops destroyed

Question 5

Secondary effects

Answer 5

• flooding caused landslides and road blockages, cutting off aid to isolated communities
• 14 million people affected
• shortages of fresh water, food + shelter affected many people causing outbreak of disease

Question 6

Short term responses

Answer 6

• french, Belgian and Israeli government set up field hospitals to help the injured
• 1200 evacuation centres were set up for the homeless
• uk governments sent shelter kits

Question 7

Long term responses

Answer 7

• ‘cash for work’ programmes set up to clear debris and rebuild tacloban
• cyclone shelters have been built in coastal areas
• rebuilding of roads, bridges, airport facilities, schools and homes