Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

How many provinces were affected by Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 1

44

Question 2

When did Haiyan begin as a tropical depression?

Answer 2

3 November 2013

Question 3

When did Haiyan strengthen into a tropical storm?

Answer 3

4 November 2013

Question 4

When did Haiyan become a typhoon and arrive in the Phillipines’ area of responsibility?

Answer 4

6 November 2013

Question 5

When did Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines?

Answer 5

• 8 November 2013
• 4:40 a.m.
• Category 5

Question 6

What was the maximum sustained wind speed of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 6

315 km/h

Gusts reached as strong as 360 km/h.

Question 7

How high were the storm surges?

Answer 7

• 14 m highest
• 5 m in Leyte and Tacloban

Question 8

How much rainfall was there?

Answer 8

400 mm

Question 9

How many deaths were a result of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 9

6,300 deaths

Question 10

What percentage of the city of Tacloban was destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 10

90%

Flooding reached depths of 22 feet in certain areas.

Question 11

List the types of damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

Answer 11

• Property damage
• Infrastructural damage
• Agricultural damage
• Fishing industry damage

1.1 million houses were damaged and 1.1 million tonnes of crops were destroyed, leading to the price of rice rising by 12% by 2014.

Question 12

What was the economic condition of the population affected by Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 12

27% of the population lived on less than US$2 per day

Question 13

What earthquake coincided with Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 13

• Bohol earthquake
• 7.1 magnitude
• October 2013
• Displaced 350,000

Question 14

Why could Typhoon Haiyan sustain itself as it moved over the Philippines?

Answer 14

The Philippines is an archipelago

Question 15

What psychological factors exacerbated the impacts of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 15

• Complacency due to being hit by 12 other typhoons in 2013
• Fear of losing livelihoods (refused to relocated to safer zones inland)

Question 16

What warnings were given to the population?

Answer 16

• Public Storm Warning Signal (PSWS) No. 1 raised on 6 November
• PSWS No. 4 raised on 7 November

Question 17

How many people evacuated after the televised warning?

Answer 17

800,000

Many sought refuge in a stadium in Tacloban, which later flooded.

1,200 centres were set up to help the evacuees.

Question 18

What was declared by the government to ask for international help after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 18

A State of National Calamity

Question 19

What aid was received?

Answer 19

• $1.5 billion from international aid
• US deployed military aid to assist with search and rescue
• World Vision supplied 790,000 with food, water, and sanitation
• Philippine Red Cross supplied basic food supplies like rice and canned food, and 1.1 million people with clean water

Question 20

What was the cost of rebuilding after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 20

US$5.8 billion

4 million people still displaced 1 year after the event due to slow recovery. Sometimes, private rebuilding used materials in wreckages.

Question 21

What programme was introduced to accelerate clearing of debris in Tacloban?

Answer 21

• Cash for work
• Money came from international donations

Question 22

What program was launched in 2014 to help with recovery after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 22

Build Back Better

It aimed to build 205,000 homes for 1 million people in coastal danger zones.

It set up a no-build zone along the coast in Eastern Visayas, but there was no enforcement.

Question 23

What percentage of the Build Back Better target was achieved by 2016?

Answer 23

1%

Question 24

How fast did the agriculture and fishing industries recover?

Answer 24

• Fishing recovered quickly
• Rice farming recovered quickly
• Long duration crops like coconut takes longer as trees take 5 years to bear fruit