Typoon Haiyan

Question 1

About

Answer 1

• November 2013
• category 5 storm
• 15m waves
• 5m storm surges
• 170 mph winds

Question 2

Primary effects

Answer 2

• 6300 dead
• 600000 displaced
• 40000 homes destroyed
• 30000 fishing boats destroyed
• 90% of Tacloban destroyed
• 400 mm of rain caused wide spread flooding

Question 3

Secondary effects

Answer 3

• shortages of food, water and shelter -> leading to disease
• 14 million affected
• 6 million lost source of income
• schools, shops, hospitals were destroyed (livelihoods + education)

Question 4

Immediate responses

Answer 4

• 1200 evacuation centres built to help homeless
• UK sent shelter kits
• Aid agencies + international governments responded quickly

Question 5

Long term responses

Answer 5

• UK, USA and UN sent supplies, medical support and financial aid
• ‘cash for work’ programs set up where locals clear debris in return for money
• rice farming and fishing re-established
• cyclone centres built
• 1000s new homes built away from flooding