Typhoon Haiyan Flashcards
GDP per capita in Phillipines?
$4700
literacy rate of Phillipines?
48.7%
cant read advice material
how many doctors per 1000 people
1.15
how does unemployment status lead to more risk?
NEE, unskilled jobs in the primary sector and secondary sector meaning they recive lower income, more vulnerable
less advanced conversations with coworkers
how did past experience affect risk?
Typhoons regulary come in from southwest direction, people more able to deal with hazard
how did political reasons affect risk?
corruption and weak governance - mismanagement of funds leads to a subsequent lack of prepardeness
how did topography affect risk?
Moutanious terrain and dispersed nature of islands made response more complicated.
some people trapped
description of hazard?
cat 5 storm
196 mph winds
460mm rainfall
7.5m storm surge
4th strongest tropical storm ever recorded
primary effects of the hazard?
killed 7500 ppl
affected 9 million
arable land including major rice and sugar producing areas all destroyed. estimated 71,000 hectares of farmland effected
environmental devastation, loss of forests/flooding
oil/sewage leaks into the local ecosystem
secondary effects of the hazard?
6 million displaced
1.2 million homeless
over 130,000 tonnes of rice lost, equivalent to 1.8% reduction in 4th quater output
government collapsed as members were killed, lost family members or were too traumatised to work.
economic impacts of the hazard?
2.9 billion dollars
coconuts account for nearly half the Phillipines agricultural exports and the country is the largest producer of coconut oil. this production was hit by the storm
between 50,000 and 120,000 tonnes of sugar lost
71,000 hectares of farmland lost, $85 million lost in farm damage
131,611 tonnes of rice lost, equivalent to 1.8% reduction in fourth quater output
4,000 tonnes of corn lost
political impacts of the hazard?
“state of national calamity” declared, asked for international help one day after disaster hit
week after typhoon, president Benigno Aquino was under pressure to speed up distribution networks for food and medicine and recovery paralysed local governments
Tacloban city government was reduced to 20 workers instead of the usual 2500
UN admitted that diaster response had been slow amid reports of starvation and thirst among desperate survivors
environmental impacts of the hazard?
loss of forests and widespread flooding
oil and sewage leaks into local ecosystem
lack of sanitation in days following event lead to higher pollution levels
food and agricultural organisation (FAO) reported many acres of rice farmland had been lost
flattened coconut plantations
fishing communities hurt as fishing equipment e.g boats destroyed
short term responses
Local and national agencies deployed a collective 18,177 personnel, 844 vehicles, 44 seagoing vessels, and 31 aircraft for various operations
support provided by red cross
response limited due to damaged roads and infrastructure
long term responses
oxfam provided water tanks to certain areas to provide drinking water for locals
red cross provided adequate shelter and employment
Phillipines have invested in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaption (CCA)
$620 million spent on climate change adaption
