Hazards case study-Typhoon Haiayan

Question 1

when and where was Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 1

November 7​,Philippines at the city of Guiuan at 4:40 am

Question 2

what may have been the perception of people in the Phillipines?

Answer 2

79% of the population is catholic-fatalistic perception

Question 3

how was Haiayan formed?

Answer 3

On 2nd November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan starts as an area of low pressure several hundred kilometers east-southeast of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Warmed by the Pacific, Haiyan was a tropical depression on November 3,
tropical storm on November 4,
and claimed typhoon status by November 5. Four days into monitoring, by November 6, the JTWC​
(Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

Question 4

what were the social impacts?

Answer 4

• 7,000 people were killed
• 1.9 million people homeless
  -more than 6,000,000 displaced
• A month after Typhoon Haiyan, 100,000 remained in evacuation centers.​

Question 5

what were the economic impacts?

Answer 5

• 6 million worker no source of income
• $5.8bndamages
• Fishing communities were severely affected with the storm destroying 30,000 boats and associated equipment.​

Question 6

what were the environmental impacts?

Answer 6

• The Philippine government estimated that about 71,000 hectares of farmland was affected.​
• Flooding knocked overpower Barge 103 causing an oil spill affecting mangrove ecosystems.​

Question 7

what happened regarding the storm surge?

Answer 7

Tacloban had a 5 m storm surge and 90% of the city was destroyed

Question 8

how much rain fall?

Answer 8

300mm in 12 hours

Question 9

Short term responses

Answer 9

800,00 evacuated after a televised warning
$1.5bn of foreign aid pledged

Question 10

Long term responses

Answer 10

Build back better-government response:
Launched in 2014 and intended to upgrade damaged buildings to protect them from future disasters

Mangroves replanted

Question 11

international respnses

Answer 11

oxfam replace fishing boats as they were vital for the economy

1000 shelters set up by red cross

children were given polio and measles vaccinations
Austalia donates $30million and china 10 millioon Yuan

Question 12

population of tacloban

Answer 12

200,000

Question 13

where was there an influx of people?

Answer 13

places like Manila as people fled to safer areas

Question 14

who raised an alarm of the hurricane?

Answer 14

phillipine storm warning signal (PSWS) and they will continue to do so