philipines hydrometeorolgocial

Question 1

mount pinatubo effects

Answer 1

-800killed
-650,000 workers lost jobs
-8700mil in damage
-1.2 homeless
-predicted by USGS
-caused more destruction as it coincided with typhoon to create lahars
-destructive

Question 2

typhoons

Answer 2

-philipines has warmest ocean
-need temp above 27c for typhoon to form and avg temp in pacific is 28

Question 3

typhoon haiyan 2013

Answer 3

-saffir simpson scale of 5 (high)
-7500 killed and 9 mil affected
-1.9 mil homeless
-lack of sanitation = spread of diseases increased vulnerability
-shelters broke

Question 4

vulnerability

Answer 4

-young and poor have shifted to coasstal regions where rapidly constructed housing and inadequate evacuation plans made them vulnerable to disaster
-10 of most at risk cities from natural hazards, 8 in philipines
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Question 5

dev

Answer 5

7000 islands
-hdi 0.699

Question 6

why multiple hazard at risk

Answer 6

-ring of fire
-destructive
-earthquakes and compositve volcanoes
-tropical monsoon climate and lots of rain
-typhoon belt
-strong winds = storm surges

Question 7

human factors increasing risk

Answer 7

-25% pop in poverty
-young poor pop on coast
-high pop density (2000perkm in manila and avg is 240perkm)
-deforestation
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in 2013 had 3 disasters, earthquake, typhoon, floods from tropical depression, all killing people