Hazards: Typhoon Haiyan Case Study

Question 1

What was typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 1

• A super typhoon
• category 5 storm
• hit the Philippines on 8th November 2013
• originated in north west pacific with excess of 195 miles per hour

Question 2

Name the primary effects of the typhoon

Answer 2

• Roughly 6500 were killed (many people drowned by storm surge)
• 90% of the city of tacloban was destroyed
• over 600,000 people displaced and 40,000 homes wrecked

Question 3

Name the secondary effects of the typhoon

Answer 3

• 14 million people affected
• 6 million people lost their source of income
• flooding caused land slides and roads were blocked (cut of aid to isolated communities)
• looting and violence broke out in tacloban

Question 4

Name some of the short term responses

Answer 4

• US aircraft conducted a search and rescue mission and delivered aid
• 1200 evacuation centres set up for the homeless
• UK government sent shelter kits
• Philippines Red Cross delivered food aid

Question 5

What were some of the long term responses?

Answer 5

• ‘cash for work’ program set up = people paid to clean debris and rebuild Tacloban
• aid agencies, e.g oxfam supported the replacement of fishing boats which were a vital source of income
• thousands of new homes built away from areas at risk of coastal flooding