Typhoon Haiyan
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- Created on: 13-01-18 21:16
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- Case Study - Typhoon Haiyan
- Where
- Philippines
- When
- November 8th 2013
- Key Facts
- 40,000 homes destroyed
- 90% of city destroyed
- 6,300 people killed - mostly drowned
- Over 400mm of rain
- 220,000 people homeless
- Primary effects
- Tacloban airport terminal badly destroyed
- Strong winds damaged buildings, power lines and crops
- Secondary effects
- 14 million affected
- Landslides - blocked roads
- Airline flights disruppted
- Jobs lost
- Hospitals damaged
- Looting and violence in Tacloban
- Prediction/ Monitoring
- They knew it was going to happen
- Satellite monitoring
- People could not evacuate.
- Responses
- Immediate
- 1,200 evacuation centres
- Basic food aid
- Long term
- Rebuilding of roads
- More cyclone shelters
- Immediate
- Where
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