Haiyan

Question 1

When was Haiyan?

Answer 1

2013

Question 2

What rating was Haiyan

Answer 2

Category 5 on Sariff Simpson

Question 3

Primary of Haiyan

Answer 3

6300 dead, 600,000 displaced, 40,000 homes gone, Tacloban airport damaged, 30,000 fishing boats, strong winds damaged buildings and crops, flooding

Question 4

Secondary of Haiyan

Answer 4

6 million lost income, landslides + blocked roads, power cuts for a month, looting in Tacloban, ferry and airlines for weeks disrupted, shortages of water, food and shelter

Question 5

Haiyan Immediate response

Answer 5

US aircraft carrier USS George Washington with S and R helicopters, 1200 evacuation centres set up to help homeless, French, Belgian and Israeli field hospitals sent, British shelter kits, Phillipino red cross distributed basic aid

Question 6

Haiyan long-term

Answer 6

Rebuild roads, bridges and airport, cash for work, NGO Oxfam helped to replace boats, thousands of homes moved, more cyclone shelters built, rice farming re-established quickly but coconut took longer, foreign donors support