typhoon haiyan

Question 1

important facts

Answer 1

• happened in November 2013
• its a category 5
• on saffir-simpson scale

Question 2

primary effects

Answer 2

• about 6300 people killed -> most drowned
• the typhoon destroyed 30,000 fishing boats
• over 600,000 people displaced and 40,000 homes destroyed

Question 3

secondary effects

Answer 3

• 14 million people affected
• power supplies in some areas cut off for a month
• looting and violence broke out in Tacloban

Question 4

immediate responses

Answer 4

• over 1,200 evacuation were set up to help the homeless
• French, Belgium and Israeli field hospitals set up