Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

What/when

Answer 1

• Category 5 typhoon, struck the Philippines in November 2013
• Originated in the northwest Pacific Ocean

Question 2

Primary impacts

Answer 2

• 90% of Tacloban was destroyed
• 6190 people died
• 4.1 million people made homeless
• 14.1 million people affected
• Overall cost of damage was around $12 billion

Question 3

Secondary impacts

Answer 3

• Survivors fought for food and supplies. Eight people died in a stampede for food supplies. Seawater, along with chemicals from industry and sewerage systems contaminated surface and groundwater.

Question 4

Immediate responses

Answer 4

• 800,000 people were evacuated following a televised warning by the president. Many people found refuge in a stadium in Tacloban. However, many people died when it was flooded.
• Within 2 weeks one million food packs and 250,000 litres of water were distributed.

Question 5

Long term responses

Answer 5

• Build Back Better is the government’s response to the typhoon. Launched in 2014 its intention was to upgrade buildings that were damaged and destroyed to protect them from future disasters