Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

What year did the typhoon take place?

Answer 1

2013

Question 2

What country did the typhoon take place in?

Answer 2

Philippines

Question 3

How fast were the high winds?

Answer 3

300km hr - highest ever recorded on land

Question 4

How high were the storm surges?

Answer 4

6-7m

Question 5

How bad was the costal flooding?

Answer 5

Eastern Tacloban was washed away

Question 6

How bad were the landslides?

Answer 6

Bad. Poorest slums of tacloban affected most
600 died in the benguet province

Question 7

What were the other hazards?

Answer 7

Population density and lack of building codes-debris
300mm rain in 12 hours
Isolation as no access for aid

Question 8

Is the Philippines a HIC NEE or LIC?

Answer 8

NEE

Question 9

What category was typhoon haiyan?

Answer 9

Category 5 (strongest to ever make landfall)

Question 10

How many refugees were there?

Answer 10

2 million

Question 11

We’re there warnings?

Answer 11

Hardly any- barely any evacuation and the government role was small- ngos main help

Question 12

Where did people take refuge?

Answer 12

Tacloban stadium- was not typhoon proof and flooded

Question 13

How many people died?

Answer 13

6000 and 1000 missing

Question 14

What support was there after the event?

Answer 14

13,000 us troops and NGOs

Question 15

How much did the typhoon cost?

Answer 15

Us$2.9bn

Question 16

What was the shock of the typhoon?

Answer 16

Local and national gov overwhelmed. NGO and ODA supported eg UN and cholera

Question 17

What are 5 primary effects of the typhoon?

Answer 17

-wind speed 315mph
-7.5 storm surge on tacloban
-6000-8000 dead
-90% of tacloban buildings damaged
-4 million homeless and 6 million displaced

Question 18

What are 5 secondary effects of the typhoon?

Answer 18

-rural areas had no aid for days
-rice price increased by 12%
-widespread looting
-800,000 litre oil leak contaminated 10km of mangroves and groundwater and surface water contaminated
-riots

Question 19

What are 5 short term responses to the typhoon?

Answer 19

-800,000 people evacuated
-those sheltered in tacloban stadium died when it flooded
-tacloban airport repaired 3 days after landfall
-1 week after landfall a state of national ‘calmility’ was declared
-un raised $788m and international donor gave $500m

Question 20

What are 5 long term responses to the tycoon?

Answer 20

-grants given to fisherman to buy new boats
-lots of recovery + rebuilding done through ‘cash for work’ schemes
-satellite and computer monitoring improved with storm surge warning system
-200,000 people living in tents a year later
-PAGASA the weather service has improved its monitoring and prediction abilities