Typhoon Haiyan - Global Hazards C.S.

Question 1

Category

Answer 1

Weather hazard

Question 2

Year

General knowledge

Answer 2

2013

Question 3

— too much groundwater, causing parts of the country to —

Causes (Human)

Answer 3

Abstracting, sink

Question 4

Global warming -> — level rise. — times global average in —.

Causes (Human)

Answer 4

sea, 3, Phillipines

Question 5

Tacloban Bay islands are too — and not — enough to mitigate typhoon. Also a — shape.

Causes (Physical)

Answer 5

small, concentrated, funnel

Question 6

Area has low wind —

Causes (Physical)

Answer 6

shear

Means typhoon structure remains intact

Question 7

Deaths

Effects (Primary)

Answer 7

6300+

Question 8

Houses destroyed

Effects (Primary)

Answer 8

130,000

Question 9

USD in damage

USD = US Dollar ($)

Effects (Primary)

Answer 9

$2.86 billion

$2,860,000,000

Question 10

People made homeless

Effects (Secondary)

Answer 10

670,000

Question 11

— farmers, — fishermen lost main source of income

Both are percentages

Effects (Secondary)

Answer 11

77%, 74%

Question 12

GBP in UN appeal

GBP = Great British Pound (£), UN = United Nations

Responses (Short term)

Answer 12

£190 million

£190,000,000

Question 13

Evacuation centres set up

Responses (Short term)

Answer 13

1215

Question 14

— roads, — drainage canals repaired

Both are distances

Responses (Long term)

Answer 14

1500km, 1100km

Question 15

By — 2014, services restored to — schools

Answer 15

April, 560