Weather Hazards Flashcards
What are hydrological droughts caused by?
Low levels of water within a river basin.
What is the only exam question that doesn’t require a conclusion?
Examine
Typhoon Haiyan
Philippines, 2013
Cat 5 306km/h
Landfall on 7th nov
Guiuam, Leyte, Panay
Typhoon Haiyan social impacts:
6000 people died
26,000 injured
Power cuts for months
Destroyed every building in Guiuan
Typhoon Haiyan economic impacts:
US$3.6 billion in damages
Transport cut off
Foreign aid agencies involved bc it’s a developing country.
Typhoon Haiyan environmental impacts:
Mangroves destroyed
Trees uprooted
Oil spills
Typhoon Haiyan responses
Evacuation could only happen in daylight
Focus was on city areas
Hurricane Sandy:
California 2012
Cat 3
Reached New Jersey 29th oct
Affected Cuba, Jamaica and Bahamas
HC Social impacts:
150 killed
346 000 houses damaged/destroyed
HC economic impacts:
Subway flooded=people can’t get to work.
18000 flight s cancelled
HC envi impacts:
Millions of gallons of raw sewage released.
Wildlife refuge damaged
Long term: mold damage
HC responses:
12.12.12 concert - Bon jovi and the Rolling Stones
Media raised funds for victims
Ethiopia causes:
Heavy reliance on two rainfall periods that have become shorter or not come at all.
Ethiopia effects:
85% of pop live in rural areas = very vulnerable.
Crops fail = ^ prices and hunger + malnutrition.
• 43% of Ethiopians rely on a
natural water sour
Dirty water - cholera
Ethiopia responses:
BAND AID
Unicef + Oxfam provide clean water + food.
