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Summary Tropical Storm Haiyan Detailed notes
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- Tropical Storms
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A detailed document of causes, impacts (primary and secondary) of hurricane Haiyan.
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Haiyan:● Tropical storm in the Philippines 2013. Worst to make landfall in recorded history
● Developed over 5 days
● Wind speed 300km/h (moved so quickly that the colder water wasn’t stirred from
deep in the ocean which takes energy out of the ts)
● Reached 85km in diameter
● 7k islands
● Located 7-20 degrees above equator
● Trade winds move along coastline
● Extremely low pressure (895bpm)
Impact:
● 6000 killed
● Loss of infrastructure
● Storm surge 15m
● 300mm in 12hours
● 10,000 homes w/o an income
● Evacuation centers were overpowered and they were the contingency plan
Responses 1 week, 1 month, 2 months, LT (Prep, pred, protect):
● Communities = first response
● Most aid was international e.g. receives $3billion annually including $900million
● 13,000 US soldiers
● Were able to send out warnings but later surveys show 64% ‘didn’t understand the
what a storm surge was’ and 34% thought the land they were on was high enough
● After 1 month, rebuilding started but were worse than before (Parks model)
● Cash for work programmes
● 90% Christian = fatalistic attitudes ‘God’s will’ therefore do little to mitigate losses but
could be argued creates resilience because they accept it’s a way of life, just have to
continue on.
● Introducing ‘build back better’ campaign the following 3-4 years
● Have some of the protective legislation however, most remains on paper
Is Haiyan an indicator of global warning?
● Tropical storms becoming more frequent and intense e.g. Philipeans exp 8-10/yr.
Rising sea level and warmer temperatures create perfect conditions for ts’s. (sea
level has risen by 30cm in past 60 years compared to 19cm globally).
Vulnerability:
Stats analysis show that it’s the third most vulnerable nation to climate change (sea
level risen by 30cm in past 60 years compared to 19cm globally)
● First landmass reached in the Pacific Ocean and physical geog acts as a funnel for
storm surges
● LIC GDP/capita =152 in world
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