typhoon haiyan

Question 1

location

Answer 1

phillipines
passed through South China Sea
NEE

Question 2

secondary hazards

Answer 2

was a super typhoon
cat 5
195mph winds
landslides due to flooding
storm surges reached 5m in height -coastal flooding
400mm of rainfall caused widespread flooding

Question 3

causes formation and track

Answer 3

warm deep water, 27 degrees 70m and sufficient spin from corolisih effect
ran over 2-11 november
hit landfall on 7th

Question 4

physical risk and vulnerability

Answer 4

low lying area of tacloban -less than 5m below sea level

due to narrow channel of Gulf of Mexico a build up of low pressure pulled water upwards funnelling a massive storm surge into the city.

multi hazard- 7.2 earthquake

Question 5

human vulnerability

Answer 5

average income was 4500 gap per capita
165th gdp
tacloban relied on ego and fdi for support
overcrowded-240000 residents in 12000 square feet of housing.

Question 6

social impacts

Answer 6

6mil lost income

6300 deaths

90% farmers impacted

Question 7

economic impacts

Answer 7

5.2m storm surge destroyed terminal building at tacloban
95% of boats and equipment lost to storm surge

13 bil total economic loss

Question 8

environmental impacts

Answer 8

33mil coconut trees fell

flooding up to 1km inland

2m storm surge

400mm rain

flooding caused landslides which blocked roads slowing relief efforts

Question 9

short term responses

Answer 9

cash for work programs, such as labourers to clear debris were set up to allow people to take charge of their own priorities.

restoration of power lines

Red Cross supplied 1.1 mil people with clean water

1200 eval centres set up

undp set up crash for work programs

UNICEF vaccinated children to prevent desease

Question 10

long term responses

Answer 10

build back better rebuilt 205,000 homes

restored mangrove swamps

21000 families in 380 evacuation homes

wwf and philippine bank work together improve warning systems and emergency plans