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1
Q

when?

A

7th november 2013 4:40 landfall 7:00 Tacloban

2
Q

what caused the typhoon to form

A

30degree ocean, low pressure system, no cross winds

3
Q

how many first evacuated

A

80 000 but one zone washed away by storm surge

4
Q

how many homes destroyed

A

1 million

5
Q

how many people were killed by the storm surge

A

2000

6
Q

how many died and how many injured

A

5 5000 dead, 26000 injured

7
Q

how many crops destroyed

A

1.1 million

8
Q

how many made homeless

A

4.5 milllion

9
Q

how much to rebuild

A

£3.6 billion

10
Q

what diseases spread

A

tented, typhoid

11
Q

how much air did the UN donated in the first 10 days

A

200 tones

12
Q

how many food packets and water given out

A

1 million food packs, 250 000 litres of water

13
Q

what ship brought British aid

A

the Industrilious

14
Q

how much foreign aid was given

A

1.5 billion dollars

15
Q

what did the government do to stop looting

A

enforced a curfew

16
Q

what did the government do in long term response

A

no build zone, ‘build back better’ scheme