Paper 1 - Weather Hazards Flashcards
Primary Effects of Typhoon Haiyan (Social)
50% of houses destroyed
4M made homeless
Over 6000 deaths
Primary effects of typhoon haiyan - Economic
12B USD in damage
Damage to crops cost 53M USD in damage
Primary effects of typhoon Haiyan Environmental
Damaged oil barge cause 800,000 litre leak of oil
Heavy flooding (400mm of rain)
1.1 million tonnes of crops destroyed
Secondary effects of typhoon Haiyan - social
Infection and disease spread
Power supplies cut off for a month in some areas
Schools destroyed, affecting people’s education
Secondary effects of typhoon Haiyan - economic
Fishing industry was disrupted
Airpot damaged, slowing imports and exports
Looting increased
Rice prices rose substantially
Secondary effects of typhoon Haiyan - environmental
ten hectares of mangroves contaminated by the oil leak
flooding caused landslides
Immediate responses to typhoon haiyan
800,000 evacuated
1,200 evacuation centres set up to help the homeless
1 million food packs and 250,000 litres of water distributed within 2 weeks
Government imposed a curfew to reduce looting
Long term responses to typhoon haiyan
More than $1.5bn USD pledged in foreign aid.
No build zone in the eastern visayas to avoid flood risk
Mangroves replanted
More cyclone shelters were built
Causes of Somerset Levels
Depressions over atlantic ocean caused weeks of rainfall
Saturated soil
High tides from the Bristol channel
Social impact of somerset levels
More than 600 homes flooded
16 farms evacuated
Power supplies disrupted
Economic impacts of sommerset levels
14,000 hectares of agricultural land flooded for weeks
Road cut off
£10m in damage
Railway line closed
Environmental impacts of somerset levels
Contaminated river water with sewage, oils and chemicals
Large volume of debris deposited across land
Stagnant water had to be reoxygenated then pumped back into the river.
