Typhoon Haiyan (HAZARDS)

Question 1

When did it happen

Answer 1

November 2013

Question 2

Facts

Answer 2

• Category 5 storm on the saffir-simpson scale

- most of the destruction in Tacloban was caused by a 5 metre high storm surge

Question 3

Primary effects

Answer 3

• 6300 people killed (most drowned from the storm surge)
• 90% Tacloban destroyed
• 40,000 homes damaged or flattened
• 30,000 fishing boats destroyed
• Over 400mm of rain caused widespread flooding
• strong winds damaged crops

Question 4

Secondary effects

Answer 4

• 14 million people effected
• 6 million lost their source of income
• flooding caused landslides, blocked roads
• power supplies in some areas cut off for a month
• ferry services and airline flights disrupted for weeks, slowing down AID efforts
• jobs lost
• hospitals damaged
• shops and schools destroyed
• violence and looting broke out in Tacloban

Question 5

Immediate responses

Answer 5

• International AID
• Over 1200 evacuation centres were set up
• French, Belgium and Israeli field hospitals were set up
• The Philippines Red Cross delivered basic food aid like rice, canned food, sugar, salt and cooking oil
• US aircraft and helicopters assisted with search and rescue

Question 6

Long term responses

Answer 6

• rebuilding roads, airports, hospitals, schools
• financial AID from countries like UK, Australia, Japan and USA
• ‘Cash for work’ programme = people paid to help clear debris and rebuild the city
• rice farming and fishing quickly re-established
• AID agencies like Oxfam provided new fishing boats as a source of income
• thousands of homes built away from areas at risk of flooding
• more cyclone shelters built to accommodate people evacuated from coastal areas