TROPICAL STORM: Typhoon Haiyan Flashcards
1
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Date:
A
2013
2
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Storm details:
where did it develop
A
Federated States of Micronesia
3
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Storm magnitude:
A
Category 5
4
Q
Primary hazards:
A
- 155 mph sustained winds
- 300 mm of rain fell in 12 hours
5
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Secondary hazards:
A
- 6 metre storm surge
6
Q
Primary impacts:
A
Low lying areas east of Tacloban washed away
7
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Secondary impacts:
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90% of Tacloban destroyed
8
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Economic impacts:
A
- $2.9 billion cost
9
Q
Social impacts:
dead and displaced
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- 6300 dead
- 6 million displaced
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Environmental impacts:
A
800,000 litre oil leak when a tanker ran aground
11
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Political impacts:
A
Slow government response as local officials were killed, so local government collapsed
12
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Risk:
A
lies in an area tropical storms cross the Pacific to Asia
13
Q
Vulnerability:
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- poorly constructed houses on flat land
- few public services due to low taxes
14
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Short-term response strategies:
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- the USA sent the aircraft carrier George Washington with search-and-rescue aircraft
- 1200 evacuation centres
15
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Long-term management strategies:
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- mangrove forest restoration to strengthen coastline
- development of a “Comprehensive Rehabilitation Recovery Plan”
