1.3.3 Effects of Tropical Storms

Question 1

What are the primary effects of tropical storms?

Answer 1

Strong winds, high rainfall, storm surgers

Question 2

What are the secondary effects of Tropical Storms?

Answer 2

The impacts that occur later on after a tropical storm has passed

Question 3

What are ‘primary impacts’ of tropical storms?

Answer 3

buildings/bridges destroyed, roads/railways/ports/airports damaged, electricity/gas lines damaged, sewage overflows, rivers/coastal flooding

Question 4

What are the ‘secondary impacts’ of tropical storms?

Answer 4

homelessness, blocked roads preventing aid, lack of power/clean water, crop/livestock destruction, business destruction, economic impacts.

Question 5

What is meant by ‘immediate responses’ to a tropical storm?

Answer 5

Immediate responses happen when a storm is forecasted, as it’s happening, and right after it passes.

Question 6

What is meant by the ‘long-term responses’ to a tropical storm?

Answer 6

Long-term responses aim to restore areas to previous conditions and reduce future storm impacts

Question 7

What do ‘immediate responses’ to a tropical include?

Answer 7

evacuations, rescues, recovering bodies, setting up shelters, providing temporary supplies

Question 8

What do ‘long-term responses’ to a tropical storm include?

Answer 8

improving forecasting, repairing/improving defenses, improving building codes, economic recovery efforts

Question 9

What was Typhoon Haiyan ?

Answer 9

one of the strongest tropical storms to hit the Philippines in November 2013

Question 10

What happened when Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines?

Answer 10

195 mph winds at landfall, a 53 mile radius of typhoon strength winds, and caused a 5-6 meter storm surge

Question 11

What was the human impact of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 11

6,201 deaths, 1.1 million homes damaged/destroyed, 4 million displaced, $13 billion in economic losses

Question 12

What were the short-term responses to Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 12

included the Philippines declaring a national calamity, requesting international aid, evacuation centers

Question 13

What were the long-term responses to Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 13

included rebuilding infrastructure, increasing cyclone shelters inland, providing aid/financing for recovery

Question 14

What were the environmental impacts of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 14

loss of forests, flooding, oil/sewage leaks, damage to farms/fishing

Question 15

What was a major obstacle to recover efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 15

Debt repayments