Typhoon Haiyan CASE STUDY

Question 1

List Primary Effects

Answer 1

• 6,300 killed
• 600,000 displaced
• 40,000 homes destroyed
• 90% of Tacloban destroyed including airport
• 30,000 fishing boats destroyed
• 400mm of rain
• Crops, buildings and power lines damaged

Question 2

List Secondary Effects

Answer 2

• Many left homeless
• 6 million lost source of income
• Flooding caused landslides and blocked roads, cutting off remote places
• Power supplies cut off for a month in some places
• Airline and ferry services disrupted, slowing down aid
• Shortage of food and water, leading to stealing and then destroying buisnesses
• Hospitals, schools and shops destroyed, affecting people in obv ways

Question 3

What were some immediate responses?

Answer 3

• International governments and aid agencies gae food, water and shelter
• US military aircraft helped searching for people and aid delivery
• Israeli, French and Belgium field hospitals were set up
• UK governement sent shelter kits for families
• 1200 centres set up for homeless

Question 4

What were some long-term responses?

Answer 4

• UN donated financial aid, supplies and med support
• Rebuilding of roads, bridges and airports
• ‘Cash for work’ programmes so people would help clear debris and rebuild city
• Rice farming and fishing were quickly re-established
• Homes built away from coast
• Cyclone shelters made for people living in flooding areas like coast

Question 5

What was Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 5

Supertyphoon that originated in Pacific ocean. Started as category 3 and travelled west. When it reached philippenes, it was category 5. It continued to Vietnam but was a category 3 there. It then dissolved.

Question 6

What are the 5 key facts?

Answer 6

• 8th November 2013
• Over 6,000 died
• Was a super typhoon
• Pacific ocean
• Category 5