Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

Background info:

Answer 1

• 13th November 2013
  -super typhoon as 4-5 on SSS
• poorly constructed homes on flat land next to the sea
• large population density around 220,000

Question 2

Primary impacts:

Answer 2

• 6021 died
• 29,000 injured
• storm surge if 5.2 meters destroyed terminal
• 90% of city destroyed
• over 1 million houses damaged

Question 3

Secondary impacts?

Answer 3

• lack of injections and disease due to good education of safe water
• 10,000 farmers no income as 600,000 hectares of farm land destroyed
• 16 million Filipinos left in poverty
  Overall damage of 12 billion

Question 4

Responses?

Answer 4

• mass burials
• 1,200 evacuation centres established
• warning issues but no storm surge warnin
• build backs after campaign estimated to take 3-4 years
• 30,000 homes build back better