Storm hazards are real

Question 1

What was the short term response for Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 1

United Nations appealed for £190 million and released £25 million in emergency funds immediately
Local people paid to help clear up and rebuild city
The UN and Red Cross arrived with medial response team and were equipped with body bags to assist clear up
French-Belgian and Israeli field hospitals have beeb set up to support the injured
12,000 evacuation centres were set up
Red Cross delivered basic food aid

Question 2

How much did the UN appeal for after Typhoon Haiyan took place?

Answer 2

£190 million

Question 3

How much did the UN release in emergency funds after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 3

£25 million

Question 4

What were the UN and Red Cross equipped with when assisting clear up in Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 4

Body bags

Question 5

What field of hospitals have beeb set up to support the injured after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 5

French-Belgian, Israeli

Question 6

How many evacuation centres were set up after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 6

12,000

Question 7

What basic food aid did the Red Cross deliver after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 7

Rice, canned goods, sugar, salt, cooking oil

Question 8

What were the long term responses after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 8

Local people paid to help clear up and rebuild city
EU, US and Australia supported ‘new livelihood opportunities’ - including grants for new farm machinery
Hazard mapping regarding building of new homes has been implemented
Rebuilding of infrastructure
Cyclone shelters have been built for future use

Question 9

What did the EU, US and Australia support after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 9

‘New livelihood opportunities’ - including grants for new farm machinery

Question 10

What sort of shelter has been built for future use after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 10

Cyclone

Question 11

What is the Coriolis effect?

Answer 11

Makes things (like planes or currents of air) traveling long distances around the Earth appear to move at a curve as opposed to a straight line.

Question 12

Where does the wind go faster?

Answer 12

In the middle - the equator

Question 13

What happens when air moves towards the North Pole?

Answer 13

It is deflected to the east

Question 14

What happens when air moves southwards back to the equator?

Answer 14

It is deflected westwards

Question 15

What does air going towards the equator do?

Answer 15

Fall behind

Question 16

What does aid going away from the equator do?

Answer 16

Pushing ahead

Question 17

What are hurricanes?

Answer 17

Low pressure cells spinning because of the Coriolis effect

Question 18

Which way to hurricanes spin in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 18

Clockwise

Question 19

Which way do hurricanes spin in the Northern hemisphere?

Answer 19

Anti clockwise

Question 20

What happens to the high pressure area of the hurricane which surrounds the eye of the storm?

Answer 20

It tries to rush to the low pressure area - eye of the storm

Question 21

Why is the air that rushes to the centre of the hurricane deflected?

Answer 21

In the northern hemisphere the air gets continually pulled slightly to the right as it approaches the eye, causing the entire system to spin anticlockwise