primary and secondary effects of trop storms and a case study

Question 1

primary effects

Answer 1

infrastucture broken
roads railways airports broken
electricity lines damaged
gas lines broken
sewage overflows

Question 2

secondary effects

Answer 2

lack of shelter and people are homeless and ill
rescue and aid cant get through
hospitals left without power supplies
risk of fires and explosions
clean water contaminated

Question 3

typhoon haiyan physical facts

Answer 3

one of strongest ever storms in philly
category 5
winds of over 200 mph
philly regularly suffers from typhoons in storm season

Question 4

typhoon haiyan social effects

Answer 4

primary: 6000 died
1.1 million homes lost
secondary: UN feared spread of disease, lack of food and meds
two months later, 21 000 families still in evac centres

Question 5

haiyan environmental effects

Answer 5

primary: loss of forest so flooding
oil and sweage leaks
lack of sanitation for days
secondary: 33 mill coconut trees affected, families not have cash to function
90% of affected were small scale farmers

Question 6

haiyan economic effects

Answer 6

primary: 13 bill
175000 acres of farmland damaged
secondary: asked for international help next day
president pressured to feed people

Question 7

how monitoring helps

Answer 7

forecast: weather charts, radars and satellites used to track
USA has effective hurricane monitoring system but equipment expensive for LICs
gives people time for evac

Question 8

how planning helps

Answer 8

governments plan evac routes, people encouraged to stock up on food and water emergency services trained to protect

Question 9

how protection helps

Answer 9

buildings less likely to be destroyed, so by having windows covered with metal shutters or building with reinforced concrete