Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

what year did typhoon Haiyan happen

Answer 1

2013 in the Philippines

Question 2

primary effects

Answer 2

40,000 homes damaged or flattened
widespread flooding
600,000 displaced
30,000 fishing boats destroyed
Tacloban airport badly damaged
hospitals, schools and shops destroyed

Question 3

Secondary effects

Answer 3

6 million lost their source of income
shortage so floodwater and shelter
break out of disease
looting and violence in tacloban
landslides blocked roads cutting off aid to remote areas

Question 4

long-term responses

Answer 4

more cyclone centres built
rebuilding of roads ,bridges and airport facilities
un and many countries donated financial aid
rice farming and fishing quickly reestablished
build back better program
not allowed to build on coast line
planted mangrove trees on coast line to act as barrier for storm surge ````````````````

Question 5

short-term responses

Answer 5

1200 evacuation centres
field hospitals
aid agencies responded with food, water, aid and temporary shelters

Question 6

Vulnerability

Answer 6

20% live in poverty
dense population
didn’t predict storm surge- 20foot high