Response to Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

What is prediction and monitoring?

Answer 1

Using equipment to say where and when a tropical storm will happen.

Question 2

What is using equipment to say where and when a tropical storm will happen?

Answer 2

Prediction and monitoring.

Question 3

What is planning?

Answer 3

Deciding on actions you can take to recover and respond to the effects of a tropical storm.

Question 4

What is deciding on actions you can take to recover and respond to the effects of a tropical storm?

Answer 4

Planning.

Question 5

What is protection?

Answer 5

Physical things that can be installed to reduce the effects of a tropical storm (before the fact).

Question 6

What are physical things that can be installed to reduce the effects of a tropical storm (before the fact)?

Answer 6

Protection.

Question 7

What is the deadliest natural hazard and why?

Answer 7

Tropical storms are the deadliest natural hazard because of their frequency.

Question 8

Are tropical storms easy to predict and why?

Answer 8

Tropical storms can be relatively easily predicted and monitored due to recent developments in technology. They occur every year at the same time in the same latitudes.

Question 9

What do scientists use to monitor tropical storms?

Answer 9

Typically, to monitor tropical storms, scientists will use a combination of radar, satellite and aircraft to monitor low pressure areas across oceans.

Question 10

What do scientists use to track tropical storms?

Answer 10

When tropical storms begin to form in low-pressure areas, they are consistently tracked using satellites and possibly computer models to calculate a storm’s predicted path in advance.

Question 11

Name a monitoring centre for tropical storms.

Answer 11

The National Hurricane Centre in Miami is a monitoring centre for tropical storms.

Question 12

Who issues guidance for tropical storms?

Answer 12

The National Hurricane Centre in Miami will issue guidance.

Question 13

What are the two levels for the National Hurricane Centre in Miami?

Answer 13

Hurricane Watch advises that hurricane conditions are possible but evacuation is not necessary.
Hurricane warnings advise that hurricane conditions are expected, and that people should evacuate and secure property immediately.

Question 14

Why do the two levels of guidance from the National Hurricane Centre in Miami differ?

Answer 14

So that people can have time to evacuate and it tells citizens whether it is necessary to evacuate or not.

Question 15

Why do authorities pass on warnings from tropical storm centres?

Answer 15

Authorities pass on warnings to people so that they can make preparations to public safety.

Question 16

How do authorities pass on warnings from tropical storm centres?

Answer 16

Authorities pass on warnings by broadcasting them over TV, radio and even directly to smartphones.

Question 17

What demographic of people may not have smartphones?

Answer 17

Older people often do not have smartphones and may miss crucial information.

Question 18

What are people in vulnerable coastal areas advised to do in a tropical storm?

Answer 18

People in vulnerable coastal areas are usually advised to secure their property if they cannot leave in time and/or evacuate/move away.

Question 19

Why is evacuation helpful for tropical storms?

Answer 19

It saves the lives of thousands and limits the overall effects of the storm.

Question 20

Who broadcast warnings about Typhoon Haiyan and how many days before?

Answer 20

Two days before Typhoon Haiyan caused landfall, PAGASA (the Philippines meteorological agency) broadcast warnings.

Question 21

How many residents were evacuated in preparation for Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 21

800,000 residents were evacuated before Typhoon Haiyan, saving hundreds of thousands of lives in the short term.

Question 22

How did evacuees die after evacuating in Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 22

Some evacuees still died when evacuation centres flooded.

Question 23

Where have vast urban developments been allowed to take place in the USA?

Answer 23

Vast urban developments have been allowed to take place in vulnerable barrier islands off the coast of Florida, for example Miami Beach.

Question 24

What is planning to reduce the tropical storm hazard most about?

Answer 24

Planning to reduce the tropical storm hazard is mostly about raising individual and community awareness.

Question 25

In the US, what is there for the community about tropical storms?

Answer 25

There is a National Hurricane Preparedness Week which focuses on education people about potential dangers ahead of the next hurricane season.

Question 26

Post Typhoon Haiyan, what did authorities train people to do?

Answer 26

After Typhoon Haiyan, authorities trained voluneteers by simulating rescue situations, so they were better prepared for future storms.

Question 27

What are families encouraged to do for tropical storms in the Philipinnes?

Answer 27

Families are encouraged to devise their own plan of action should a warning be issued.

Question 28

What compass direction was Typhoon Haiyan tracked in?

Answer 28

Typhoon Haiyan was tracked westward.

Question 29

What did the Philippine meteorological agency raise?

Answer 29

The Philippine meteorological agency raised the public warning from level 1 all the way to level 4 (the highest) by the 7th of November.

Question 30

What temporarily closed during Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 30

Many local schools experienced temporary closure.

Question 31

What did the military send for Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 31

The military began to send planes and helicopters to eastern regions.

Question 32

What charity helped and what did they provide after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 32

As is the case following many natural disasters, the Red Cross soon helped with providing emergency food and shelter.

Question 33

What do some people argue about Typhoon Haiyan about aid to victims?

Answer 33

Some argue that rather than providing victims with items chosen by charities, local people would benefit more from direct cash.

Question 34

What does direct cash allow victim families to do after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 34

Direct cash empowers families to make their own decisions about what they need most.

Question 35

What did Doctors without Borders do after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 35

Doctors without Borders helped to organise the supply of medical drugs, equipment and treatment. They were able to provide clean water, water purification tablets and latrines.

Question 36

What does clean water, water purification and latrines mean for victims of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 36

This improves hygiene, as it reduces the spread of diseases where diarrhoea was common. This saves lives.

Question 37

Why was the emergency aid effort slowed down, and what does that result in?

Answer 37

The emergency aid effort was significantly slowed down by blocked roads which resulted in rural areas struggling without assistance for long periods of time.

Question 38

What have several communities began doing since Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 38

Several coastal communities began replanting and restoring the local mangrove forests.

Question 39

What do mangrove forests help with to do with tropical storms, and how?

Answer 39

The large roots of mangrove trees help to absorb wave energy and also bind the soil together, reducing the impact of erosion and flooding from storm surges.

Question 40

Who has given little support for replanting mangrove forests have Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 40

Despite it being the preferred option for many locals and charities, there has been little support from officials at a regional or national level.

Question 41

What has the Philippine government started construction after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 41

The Philippine government has started construction on some hard-engineering strategies, include a concrete sea wall in Tacloban city, a costly and visually intrusive intervention.

Question 42

How does the Philippine government’s build back better strategy work and what does it aim for?

Answer 42

The government’s build back better was used in high-risk areas near the coast, and it involved people who previously lived in these areas being relocated into new storm-resistant housing.

Question 43

Why did the Philippine government’s build back better strategy not work as intended? (U-turn answer)

Answer 43

While the strategy would have reduced the future risk of destruction and homelessness, relocation was extremely slow and left many families in supposedly temporary accommodations for years after the storm.

Question 44

What did the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan hold in 2023?

Answer 44

The survivors of Typhoon Haiyan held a candlelit Catholic mass to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan.

Question 45

What does the Catholic mas