Typhoon Haiyan

Question 1

(Primary effect) storm surge size?

Answer 1

5 meters

Question 2

(Primary effects) deaths?

Answer 2

6190

Question 3

(Primary effect) injuries?

Answer 3

29000

Question 4

(Primary effect) people made homeless?

Answer 4

4.1 million

Question 5

(Primary effect) cost of damage?

Answer 5

$12 billion

Question 6

(Primary effect) houses destroyed?

Answer 6

1.1 million

Question 7

(Primary effect) crops destroyed?

Answer 7

1.1 million tonnes

Question 8

(Secondary effect) power supply?

Answer 8

Shut off for months in some areas

Question 9

(Secondary effect) diseases?

Answer 9

Spread due to contaminated water supply (e.g cholera)

Question 10

(Secondary effect) education?

Answer 10

Disrupted as schools destroyed

Question 11

(Secondary effect) airport and roads?

Answer 11

Damaged so aid was hard to reach people

Question 12

(Secondary effect) flooding caused…

Answer 12

Landslides

Question 13

Immediate response- evacuation

Answer 13

800,000 people evacuated following televised warnings

Question 14

Immediate response-
Evacuation centres set up?

Answer 14

1,200

Question 15

Immediate response-
Airport?

Answer 15

Opened 3 days after so emergency aid arrived

Question 16

Immediate response-
No. of food and water supplied?

Answer 16

Food- 1 million food packs
Water- 250,000 litres distributed within 2 weeks

Question 17

Immediate response-
No. of countries and organisations that helped?

Answer 17

33

Question 18

Immediate response-
Amount of aid pledged?

Answer 18

$1.5 billion

Question 19

Long-term response-
What did Oxfam do?

Answer 19

Replace fishing boats

Question 20

Long-term response-
What was done around coast to improve protection?(3 things)

Answer 20

1. No-build zone along coast
2. Storm surge warning system
3. Mangroves planted to absorb storm surges