Typhoon Hayan

Question 1

background information about the typhoon…

Answer 1

• phillipines on 8th nov 2013 5am
• one of worlds deadliest storms
• 6 days before striking land it appeared as low pressure
• winds of 195 mph
• flood water reached 20ft deep
• fastest ever recorded time for a typhoon hitting land

Question 2

what is the risk and vulnerability?

Answer 2

• people live there because they are used to them
• they were accustomed to dealing with TS
• many people have poorely built homes on flat land near the sea

Question 3

what were the primary social effects of the typhoon?

Answer 3

• 5000 dead
• shortage of food and water
• 1.1 million houses damaged
• 3,853 were injured
• pregnant women shocked into giving birth

Question 4

what were the primary economic effects of the typhoon?

Answer 4

• 90% of the city of takloban was destroyed
• 600,000 hectres of farming land destroyed
• airport badly damaged

Question 5

what were the primary environmental effects of the typhoon?

Answer 5

• floods
• storm surge
• trees and fields destroyed
• flood water 20ft deep
• 400mm of heavy rainfall

Question 6

what were the secondary social effects of the typhoon?

Answer 6

• looting
• 4.1 million left homeless
• some places were remote to get aid to
• schools closed

Question 7

what were the secondary economic effects of the typhoon?

Answer 7

• recovery costs were 724 million
• by 2014 rice prices had risen by 11.9%
• 3/4 of farmers and fishermen lost their income

Question 8

what were the secondary environmental effects of the flood?

Answer 8

• flooded 1km in land
• landslides blocked major roads
• flooding caused surface groundwater to be contaminated with sea water chemicals from industry and sewage

Question 9

what were the immediate responses of the typhoon?

Answer 9

• bodies pulled from water
• RAF delivered 100 tonnes of AID
• aid organisations were quick to arrive
• a warning was televised and 800,000 people were evacuated
• many people who were evacuated were sent to an indoor stadium in takloban
• the uk government deployed 2 navy ships to distribute aid
• more than 1.5 billion dollars pledged in foreign aid
• a curfew was proposed to stop looting

Question 10

what were the long term responses of the typhoon?

Answer 10

• infrastructure roads and electricity were re-built
• storm surge warning system
• a no build zone on some parts of the coast
• buildings that were re-built were upgraded to prevent against future events
• mangroves replanted