Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

How did it originate

Answer 1

It originated from an area of low pressure in the federated states of Micronesia on 2 November, tracking westward, gradually growing into a tropical storm

Question 2

What category storm

Answer 2

5 - winds over 300km per hour

Question 3

When did the hurricane meet the Philippines

Answer 3

7 November - tacloban was struck with the eye of the storm

Question 4

Most — to ever strike land

Answer 4

Powerful

Question 5

How many deaths

Answer 5

6,000 - 1,000 missing. Bodies were being discovered well into 2019

Question 6

How many homelsss

Answer 6

2 million

Question 7

Total damage

Answer 7

2.9 billion $

Question 8

How many died in a stampede

Answer 8

8 as survivors fought for food and supplies

Question 9

What infrastructure was damaged

Answer 9

Schools, airports

Question 10

Why did mangroves become contaminated

Answer 10

Leak from oil barge led to ten hectares of mangroves being contaminated

Question 12

Immediate responses

Answer 12

• televised government warning people to evacuate
• 800,000 people were evacuated
• 1,200 evacuation centres
• one million food packs and 250,000 litres of water were distributed within two weeks
  -1.5 billion foreign aid

Question 13

Long term responses

Answer 13

• a cash for work programme paid people to clear debris and rebuild tacloban
  -Oxfam replaced fishing boats
  -build back better is the governments response

Question 14

Build back better

Answer 14

Launched in 2014, it intended to upgrade damaged buildings to protect that from future disasters. They have also set up a no build zone along the coast in Easter Visayas