Tropical Storms Case Studies

Question 1

Typhoon Haiyan Key Facts

Answer 1

Category 5
170MPH winds
2013
Philippines
NEE

Question 2

Typhoon Haiyan Primary Impacts

Answer 2

6,300 Deaths
600,000 Displaced
40,000 Homes destroyed (by flood)
Storm surge destroyed 90% tacloban
Power Outages

Question 3

Typhoon Haiyan Secondary Impacts

Answer 3

14 Million affected
6 Million Job losses
Flooding caused landslides
Lack of power, food, clean water
Diseases increased
Schools closed

Question 4

Typhoon Haiyan Short Term Responses

Answer 4

AID from NGOs
Set up field hospitals
1,200 evacuation centers
Helicopters sent by USA for search and rescue

Question 5

Typhoon Haiyan Long Term Responses

Answer 5

Safe Zones accommodation build away from coast
Repaired key roads with money from the UN
Medical help from UN
Had people fishing again ASAP
Rice farming

Question 6

Hurricane Katrina Key facts

Answer 6

Category 5
175MPH winds
2005
USA
HIC

Question 7

Hurricane Katrina Primary Impacts

Answer 7

1,800 deaths
50,000 injuries
1 Million displaced
Storm surge and floods
Businesses and oil production shut down
Key roads damaged
Power outages

Question 8

Hurricane Katrina Secondary Impacts

Answer 8

Public health crisis - Water contamination and disease
Mental health trauma
Mass displacement
Economic disruption
Oil and gas distuption affected national energy prices
Education disrupted
Environmental damage

Question 9

Hurricane Katrina Short Term Responses

Answer 9

Evacuated 1.7M
Rescued 5,000 in floods
Emergency shelters by Red Cross
$85M in medical supplies from direct relief
Restoration of infrastructure
Emergency teams treat illness and injury