Typhoon Haiyan Primary Effects - Paper 1

Question 1

When was it?

Answer 1

8th November 2013

Question 2

What category was it?

Answer 2

Category 5

Question 3

What happened to the airport?

Answer 3

Very badly damaged.

Question 4

What did the strong winds do?

Answer 4

Damaged peoples homes and even evacuation centres.

Question 4

Where was those who were mostly made homeless?

Answer 4

Western and Eastern Visayas.

Question 5

What 2 locations had a 5 metre storm surge?

Answer 5

Leyte and Tacloban.

Question 6

How much rainfall went how far inland?

Answer 6

400mm of rainfall went 1km inland.

Question 7

How much of the city Tacloban was destroyed?

Answer 7

90%

Question 8

What percentage of what food production made up the Philippines GDP before the Typhoon hit.

Answer 8

Coconut, rice and sugar cane production made up 12.7% of the Philippines GDP.

Question 9

How much did the damage to rice cost?

Answer 9

US $53 million.

Question 10

What happened to rice and seed stock?

Answer 10

Lost in storm surges, however luckily the harvest season ended just before the typhoon hit.

Question 11

What fraction of farmers and fishers lost their income?

Answer 11

3/4

Question 12

How much did the UN total for recovery cost for agriculture and fishing.

Answer 12

US $724 million.

Question 13

How many people died?

Answer 13

6,190.

Question 14

How many crops destroyed?

Answer 14

1.1 million tonnes.

Question 15

How many houses damaged?

Answer 15

1.1 million houses damaged (half destroyed)

Question 16

How many people made homeless?

Answer 16

4.1 million

Question 17

How many farmers were affected?

Answer 17

Over 1 million.

Question 18

How many hectares of agricultural land affected?

Answer 18

600,000 hectares.

Question 19

How many people affected overall?

Answer 19

14.1 million people affected, of which 4.8 million already lived in poverty.

Question 20

What caused an oil leak, where was it and how much spilled?

Answer 20

An oil barge ran aground in Estancia in Iloilo, causing an 800,000 litre oil leak.

Question 21

How much was the total overall damage?

Answer 21

US $12 billion.

Question 22

The UN stated what percentage of farmers lost their income?

Answer 22

75%