Typhoon Haiyan and Hurricane Katrina - Hurricane case study

Question 1

When did Typhoon Haiyan take place?

Answer 1

8 November 2013 4AM

Question 2

When did Hurricane Katrina take place?

Answer 2

29th August 2005 10AM

Question 3

Where was TH

Answer 3

The Philippines

Question 4

How many storms hit the Philippines every year?

Answer 4

Average of 20 tropical storms

Question 5

Where was HK?

Answer 5

USA specifically New Orleans, Louisiana

Question 6

What is the population of the Philippines?

Answer 6

116 million

Question 7

What is the population of New Orleans?

Answer 7

339 million

Question 8

What is the GDP per capita for the Philippines?

Answer 8

US$8100

Question 9

What is the GDP per capita for New Orleans?

Answer 9

US$63,700

Question 10

What is the average life expectancy in the Philippines?

Answer 10

70 years

Question 11

What is the average life expectancy in Louisiana?

Answer 11

80.7 years

Question 12

What were the categories of the storms?

Answer 12

They were both catastrophic

Question 13

What was the top wind speed for TH?

Answer 13

314 km/h

Question 14

What was the top wind speed for HK?

Answer 14

200 km/h

Question 15

What were the differences in storm surge?

Answer 15

Typhoon Haiyan was 5m and Hurricane Katrina was 6m

Question 16

How much rainfall fell in the Philippines?

Answer 16

400mm

Question 17

How much rainfall was there in Louisiana?

Answer 17

250mm

Question 18

How many people died and where in Philippines?

Answer 18

6190 died in Tacloban frm drowning

Question 19

How many people were injured from TH?

Answer 19

29,000 people

Question 20

How many homes damaged or destroyed from TH?

Answer 20

1 million +

Question 21

What ruined 1 million tonnes of crops in Tacloban?

Answer 21

salt contamination by the storm surge

Question 22

What were there outbreaks of from sewage contamination in Tacloban?

Answer 22

disease

Question 23

How much money was lost economically through agriculture and fishing?

Answer 23

$2.9 billion

Question 24

How many people died from HK?

Answer 24

1200 people died from the storm surge in New Orleans

Question 25

What had been built to protect the city but failed in NO?

Answer 25

Levees

Question 26

How much of NO had flooded due to this failure?

Answer 26

80%

Question 27

How many homes were destroyed/damaged in NO?

Answer 27

275k

Question 28

In NO, the lack of assistance and fear of starvation lead to...

Answer 28

Looting

Question 29

Damage to oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico increased..

Answer 29

Oil prices

Question 30

What were the economic losses in the USA

Answer 30

$125 billion

Question 31

What were some short term responses to Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 31

- Warnings 48hrs before landfall - 800k people evacuated - 400k housed in 1200 emergency shelters - damage to roads meaning poor transportation of help and aid - 6mths later people still living in temp. housing and limited access to clean water

Question 32

What were some short term responses to Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 32

- Warnings 56hrs before landfall - 60k people didn't evacuate - low capacity evacuation centres - National Guard was deployed to rescue people and counter looting

Question 33

What were the long-term responses of Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 33

- government launched a recovery plan for infrastructure, social services, resettlement livelihood - 200k homes built to withstand winds of up to 250km/h

Question 34

What were the long-term responses of Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 34

- 400km of levees are now higher and stronger - Lake Borgne surge barrier built - Upgrading defences cost $14 billion - Spent $16 billion repairing and strengthening housing damaged