PAPER: physical
TOPIC: weather
CASE STUDY NAME: Typhoon Haiyan
Philippines
November 2013
195mph wind
15m tsunami like wave storm surge
Storm mainly hit western and eastern Visayas
90% of city of Tacloban destroyed
Primary effects: Responses:
Over 6,000 died Evacuated 800,000 people
Over 1 million houses damaged Curfew to stop looting
600,000 hectares of agricultural land President televised warning
affected Many found shelter in Tacloban indoor
Power was interrupted stadium
Roads damaged Celebs such as the Beckhams and
Airports damaged companies like Coca-Cola raised
Storm surge = flood awareness
Cost $12 billion Foreign aid pledged= just less than $1.5
billion
Secondary effects: Royal air force/ navy
Save the children
4.1 million homeless Red cross gave hospital supplies.
Loss of crop stock
Hospitals busy ‘build back better scheme’
Rice damaged cost $53 million) ‘no build zone of coast of east Visayas
UN totalled recovery cost for agriculture Storm surge warning system
and fishing at $724 million Replanted mangroves act as natural flood
Oil barge caused an oil leak contaminating defences
mangroves and stopped fishing Grants given to fisherman so they can
replace/ rebuild boats (this is a
sustainable response)
BUT: aid not co-ordinated with each other
and the airport was shut for 3 days.
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