Typhoon Haiyan, 2013 TS

Question 1

What is the GNI per capita in the Philippines?

Answer 1

$3,550

Question 2

What were the highest windspeeds in Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 2

315km/hr

Question 3

What was the population of Tacloban?

Answer 3

250,000+

Question 4

Why was Tacloban important?

Answer 4

• had important deep water port
• fishing hub
• airport servicing area

Question 5

What made Tacloban a high risk area?

Answer 5

• poor quality housing/infrastructure
• overcrowding
• flat land, near the sea
• steep hills surrounding; landslides and relief rainfall

Question 6

Why is the multi-hazardous area a challenge for the Philippines?

Answer 6

They are a NEE, so cannot recover quickly from hazards. The next hazard may strike them before fully recovered resulting in more, prolonged damage

Question 7

What data suggests heavy rainfall in Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 7

300mm in 12 hours

Question 8

How many people fled to Manila in response to Haiyan?

Answer 8

20,000

Question 9

What was the total cost of damage from Haiyan?

Answer 9

$2.9 billion

Question 10

Give a social impact of typhoon Haiyan

Answer 10

• over 6000 dead
• 2 million left homeless
• looting and riots

Question 11

How much did rice prices rise a year after Yolanda?

Answer 11

12%

Question 12

What is a political impact of Yolanda?

Answer 12

• government building collapsed
• schools closed for months

Question 13

Give an environmental impact of Yolanda

Answer 13

• farmland contaminated with salt water
• 800,000L oil leak

Question 14

How many evacuation centres were set up as a response to Yolanda?

Answer 14

1200

Question 15

What is a long-term response to Yolanda?

Answer 15

• ‘cash for work’ scheme to provide employment and clear up debris
• mangrove replanting
• ‘build back better’

Question 16

What (my opinion) is the most effective response to Yolanda?

Answer 16

• repair of the airport, as it allowed for international aid to be received, which is crucial to the country as it is a NEE, so cannot self-help
• the cash for work, as it tackled unemployment and the recovery and clear up of cities

Question 17

How many service personnel were sent by the USA in response to Yolanda?

Answer 17

9,500-10,000

Question 18

How many people were evacuated in advance of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 18

750,000

Question 19

How many food packs were given out 2 weeks after Haiyan? How many litres of water was distributed?

Answer 19

1 million
250,000L

Question 20

How many deaths were caused by looting and violence?

Answer 20

8

Question 21

How many farmers impacted?

Answer 21

1 million

Question 22

How high was the storm surge from typhoon haiyan?

Answer 22

6m

Question 23

What was done before typhoon haiyan hit?

Answer 23

UNDAC deployed in Manila