typhoon haiyan Flashcards
what date did typhoon hit phillipipines
7 november 2013
what area of phillipines was hit first
tacloban
tacloban pop density
1100 people per km 2
phillipines pop density
360 people per km2
how fast were the winds
150mph
how high were storm surges
6m
how much rain in 12 hours
300mm
what did high rain cause
landslides = blocked roads
how many fatalaties
6000
how many missing
1000
what percentage of building destroyed
90 percent
how much area of farmland affected
71,000 ha
environmental impacts
trees uprooted and coastline washed away
what did the destruction of powersystems cause
large areas cut of from communication
why did local governments collapse
many officials killed
how much cost of damage
2.9 billion
what did lack of medical facilities cause
disease outbreak
where did people go
to evacuation centres
how did schooling continue
tent schools set up
why were tourist resorts rebuilt relatively quickly
to invite tourism and to rebuild economy
how many tonnes of aid did uk send in
200,000
what did the US do to help
sent 130,000 service men alongside the red cross
how much foreign aid grants given to businesses
500 million
what has been done to reduce impacts for next time
improved satelite and computer monitoring systems TO GIVE GREATER WARNING
what was planted and why
mangrove plantation to rebuild ecosystems and prevent coast being wahsedaway
what did government create
emergency plans and evacuation plans
what sort of aid was sent
rice and water
how far did flooding reach
1km inland
how many made homeless
2 million
what happened to tacloban airport
flooded and terminal destroyed
why were theyre shortages of food
rice just harvested and rice stores were all destroyed
where was biggest landslide
island of leyte
what happned on north panay island
power barge grounded and began to leak oil
what did the oil leek affect area
impacted fishing which was major source of employemnt
what is phillipines average gdp per capita
2765
what was destroyed along coast
mangrove
how much do they earn in area hit
1 in 5 earn less than 2 pounds a day
how many evacuated
1 million
how are they reducing impact of storm surges
mangrove planattaion
what have unicef done
increased resilience by improving health care schools and social services
how did they create jobs
encouraged people to join build abck better scheme to help build disater safe housing
who stepped in to prvent cholera spread
WHO
how much did UN raise
788 million
what was scheme called to encourage people to rebuild
cash for work
who were gievn grants
fisherman to buy boats
