Tropical storms fun facts

Question 1

HK details

Answer 1

USA
23rd-30th August 2005
Formed over the Bahamas
Category 5
Sustained windspeeds of 280km/h (up to 345)
Pressure of 902mb

Question 2

TH details

Answer 2

Philippines
2nd-11th November 2013
Formed over Micronesia
Category 5- strongest ever recorded
Sustained windspeeds of 250km/h (up to 315)
Pressure of 895mb

Question 3

HK hazards

Answer 3

Primary- 345km/h winds, 10m storm surge
Secondary- levee failure, flooding

Question 4

TH hazards

Answer 4

Primary- 315km/h winds, 6m storm surge, 300mm rainfall in under 12 hours
Secondary- flooding, landslides

Question 5

HK impacts

Answer 5

Primary- power and water disrupted, 1242 deaths, infrastructure damage (oil rigs), 180000 homes flooded
Secondary- 1 million relocated, increased fuel price, $200b damage, looting

Question 6

TH impacts

Answer 6

Primary- 6000 deaths, communication and power systems destroyed, lowlying parts of Tacloban washed away
Secondary- 6m displaced, 2m homeless, looting, $2.9b damage

Question 7

HK aid

Answer 7

$1.8b from Red Cross
$10.5b in first week
$51.8b in the second week

Question 8

TH aid

Answer 8

UK sent 200000tonnes of aid
USA sent 13000 personnel
(gov. officials died so order collapsed)

Question 9

HK risk

Answer 9

New Orleans is coastal, with 50% below sea level
Only 60-90% buildings properly retrofitted
33 cat. 5 storms in 100 years

Question 10

TH risk

Answer 10

Increase of rural-urban migration resulted in the construction of unsafe infrastructure