typhoon Haiyan 2013 (trop storm in lic)

Question 1

date

Answer 1

a super typhoon category 5 storm that hit the Philippines on 8th November 2013.

wind speed in excess of 195 miles and hour.

Question 2

primary effects

Answer 2

• roughly 6500 people killed. many drowned by storm surge.
• 90% of city of tacloban was destroyed.
• 600,000 people displaced and 40,000 homed wrecked.
• 30,000 fishing boasts destroyed.
• crops destroyed.

Question 3

secondary effects

Answer 3

• 14 million affected
• 6 million lost their source of income
• flooding caused landslides and roads were blocked, meaning aid was cutoff
• storages of fresh food and water affected people and outbreaks of disease

Question 4

short term responses

Answer 4

• 1200 evacuation centres set up
• UK government sent shelter kits
• Red Cross delivered food aid
• GW helicopters conducted a search and rescue mission

Question 5

long term responses

Answer 5

• ‘cash for work’ programmes set up. people helped to clear debris and rebuild Tacloban.
• cyclone shelters have been built in coastal areas.
• thousands of new homes built away from flood risk areas.