Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

What category of storm was Haiyan?

Answer 1

category 5

Question 2

What is the Philippines’ population?

Answer 2

8.4 million

Question 3

When did Typhoon Haiyan occur?

Answer 3

November 2013

Question 4

Where did Typhoon Haiyan develop?

Answer 4

In the Pacific Ocean SW of the Philippines

Question 5

What type of climate does the Philippine’s have?

Answer 5

a tropical climate

Question 6

What wind speeds are required for a Category 5 storm?

Answer 6

314km/hr

Question 7

What is the Philippine’s economic status?

Answer 7

NEE

Question 8

How far was Hernai from the sea?

Answer 8

700m away

Question 9

To what extent where the floods so powerful in Hernai?

Answer 9

The floods were so powerful that bodies were washed out of graves

Question 10

How tall was the surge that hit Tacloban City?

Answer 10

5m

Question 11

How many people were killed by the storm surge in Tacloban City?

Answer 11

5800

Question 12

Describe a storm surge

Answer 12

When sea levels rise unusually high due to winds and low air pressure

Question 13

How many workers lost a source of income?

Answer 13

6 million

Question 14

How many hectares of farmland were lost?

Answer 14

71,000

Question 15

What were the economic secondary impacts?

Answer 15

-major roads blocked
-workers lost source of income
-rice, corn and sugar farmland were lost

Question 16

How many people were affected by widespread floods, damaged homes and businesses?

Answer 16

5 million

Question 17

What were the social secondary impacts of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 17

-widespread looting in Tacloban City
-mass migration caused increases in population density
-outbreaks of diseases due to a lack of sanitation
-essential infrastructure damaged

Question 18

Example of an oil spill caused by flooding?

Answer 18

The oil spill over Power Barge 103

Question 19

How many people were evacuated?

Answer 19

750,000

Question 20

Which organisation broadcasted warnings two days prior?

Answer 20

PAGASA(Philippine’s meteorological agency)

Question 21

What did the UK gov provide?

Answer 21

aid in the form of food, shelter, water and meds to 800,000 victims

Question 22

Examples of long term responses to Typhoon Haiyan:

Answer 22

-repairing fishing boats
-distributing rice seeds