Tropical storms

Question 1

2 Tropical storm case studies

Answer 1

Typhoon Haiyan

Hurricane Sandy

Question 2

Where was Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 2

Visagas group of islands

Question 3

How many people live in the Visagas islands?

Answer 3

15 million people

Question 4

How long did Typhoon Haiyan last?

Answer 4

8 days

3rd Nov - 11 Nov 2013

Question 5

What year was Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 5

2013

Question 6

What category was Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 6

5 — SUPER TYPHOON

Question 7

What’s the sustained speed of the wind at a category 5 Typhoon?

Answer 7

315km/h

Question 8

How much rainfall was there in under 12 hours?

Answer 8

282 mm of rainfall (281.9mm)

Question 9

How many Typhoons hit the Philippines in 2013?

Answer 9

13 of them, 5 being major storms

Question 10

Economic primary impacts (Typhoon Haiyan)

Answer 10

$5.8 billion worth of damage

30,000 boats destroyed

Question 11

Social primary impacts (Typhoon Haiyan)

Answer 11

More than 7,000 people killed
1.9 million homeless
<6 million displaced

Question 12

Environmental primary impacts (Typhoon Haiyan)

Answer 12

71,000 hectares of farmland affected

Question 13

Social secondary impacts (Typhoon Haiyan)

Answer 13

Landslides blocked roads

Aid was cut off and disease spread

Question 14

Environmental secondary impacts (Typhoon Haiyan)

Answer 14

Flooding

Question 15

Política secondary impacts (Typhoon Haiyan)

Answer 15

Only 70 people working in Tacloban city when tacloban city government usually has 2,000 workers

Question 16

Economic secondary impact (Typhoon Haiyan)

Answer 16

Rice, corn and sugar producing areas destroyed

Decrease in international trade and farmers incomes