Topic 1a - Typhoon Haiyan and Hurricane Harvey Flashcards
When did Typhoon Haiyan occur?
3rd Nov 2013 to 11 Nov 2013 in the Philippines (emerging country)
What were the category and storm surge of Typhoon Haiyan?
Category 5
5m storm surge
What were the number of deaths and economic cost of Typhoon Haiyan?
7000 deaths
$3.8bn of damage cost
What was the preparation for Typhoon Haiyan?
- assisted in tracking the typhoon with data from Japan
- gov used PSWS to warn people in areas of risk of flooding to landslides
- evacuated to safer areas and military ordered to send planes and helicopters
What was the response for Typhoon Haiyan?
- 2 days warning
- 750,000 evacuated
- emergency aid from charities (repairing fish boats nd distributing rice seeds) and £480m raised by UN appeal
- Taiwan mobilised 31,000 workers to clear debris
- UK - toilets, hygiene and psychological first aid
What was the environmental impact of Typhoon Haiyan?
- 7m high waves and 5m storm surge
- 71,000 hectares of farmland ruined
- oil spill = mangrove ecosystem destroyed
- major roads blocked by trees
What was the social impact of Typhoon Haiyan?
- 7,000 dead
- 1.9m homeless
- 6m displaced
- gov devastated as only 72/25,000 workers able to work
- widespread looting by escaped prisoners
What was the economic impact of Typhoon Haiyan?
- $3.8 bn damage
- 6m workers lost income ]- rice/corn/sugar production destroyed
- Tacloban City Airport flooded so planes couldn’t land
- Fishing communities lost 30,000 boats
- 624 million of Philippines’ GDP was spent on disaster risk reduction (DRR)
When did Hurricane Harvey occur?
- 17th Aug 2017 - 2nd Sept 2017 in Houston (Texas and Louisiana, USA = developed)
What was the category and storm surge of Hurricane Harvey?
- Category 4
- 3.5m storm surge
What was the number of deaths and economic cost of Hurricane Harvey?
- 107 deaths
- $125bn of damage
What was the preparation for Hurricane Harvey?
- cots and food provided
- trucks and equipment placed
- diesel generators installed at all stations
- boat and air sources were coordinated
What was the response for Hurricane Harvey?
- charity response (American Redcross)
- commercial planes to evacuate and bring in supplies
- local companies provided meals for volunteers and victims
- Singapore shared Chinook helicopters
- Isreal sent $1m and Mexico sent volunteers rescuers
- Venezuela provided $5m and federal gov. gave $1bn for flood insurance, low-interest rebuilding loans, hotel room costs etc.
What was the environmental impact of Hurricane Harvey?
- low lying land with deltas flooded - due to storm surge
- chemical spills from pipeline contained floodwaters
- stagnant water carried West Nile virus
- alligators dying and damage to swamp on coastline
What was the social impact of Hurricane Harvey?
- 107 deaths (103 in Texas, mainly flooding)
- 1,000 homes destroyed & 17,000 major damage
- 30,000 displaced
