Unit 1A - Weather Hazards - Case Study - Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines LIC

Question 1

When did typhoon happen?

Answer 1

8th November 2013

Question 2

Category of storm?

Answer 2

Category 5

Question 3

Death amounts?

Answer 3

6190

Question 4

Houses destroyed or damaged amount?

Answer 4

1.1 million

Question 5

Farming land destroyed amount?

Answer 5

600,000

Question 6

Which city experienced damaged and how much damage?

Answer 6

Tacloban 90%

Question 7

Homeless amount?

Answer 7

4.1 million

Question 8

What do storm surges cause?

Answer 8

Flooding

Question 9

% of farmers and fishermen lose their income?

Answer 9

75%

Question 10

% increase of rice prices by 2014 due to what?

Answer 10

11.9% price rise, due to loss of crops in disaster

Question 11

Amount of people evacuated due to prior warnings to event?

Answer 11

800,000

Question 12

How much money pledged in foreign aid and what did it buy?

Answer 12

$1.5 billion, bought 1 million food packs and 250,000 litres of water

Question 13

What put in place to stop looting?

Answer 13

A curfew

Question 14

What were done to buildings when rebuilt?

Answer 14

Upgraded to protect against future events in ‘build back better’ scheme

Question 15

What new warnings put in place?

Answer 15

A storm surge warning

Question 16

What was replanted to prevent damage in future?

Answer 16

Mangrove trees