TROPICAL STORM: Typhoon Haiyan Flashcards
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Date:
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November 2013
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Storm details:
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- developed in the Federated States of Micronesia
- hit the Philippines, Vietnam and South China
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Storm magnitude:
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Category 5 (at landfall)
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Hazard cause:
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Pacific Ocean
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Primary hazards:
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- 155 mph sustained winds
- 186 gusts
- 895 mb
- 300 mm of rain fell in 12 hours
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Secondary hazards:
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- 6 metre storm surge
- flooding and landslides
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Primary impacts:
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- low lying areas east of Tacloban washed away
- areas cut off
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Secondary impacts:
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- 90% of Tacloban destroyed
- infrastructure and buildings damaged
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Economic impacts:
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- $2.9 billion cost
- Tacloban airport destroyed
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Social impacts:
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- 6300 dead
- 1000 missing
- 2 million homeless
- 6 million displaced
- major roads blocked
- looting
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Environmental impacts:
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800,000 litre oil leak when a tanker ran aground
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Political impacts:
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- 20,000 fled to Manila
- dependent on NGOs
- slow government response as local officials were killed, so local government collapsed
13
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Risk:
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lies in an area tropical storms cross the Pacific to Asia
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Vulnerability:
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- poorly constructed houses on flat land
- high population density
- hillside houses at risk of landslides
- 1/3 in poverty
- few public services
- low taxes
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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”
