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- Created on: 11-12-18 20:50
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- Typhoon Haiyan
- Background
- November 2013
- Strongest category 5 storm recorded
- 90% Tacloban destroyed by storm surge
- Primary Effects
- 6300 killed, 600,000 displaced
- 40,000 homes destroyed/damaged
- Over 400mm rain caused widespread flooding
- Wind damage to buildings, power lines and crops
- Secondary Effects
- 14 million affected
- Flooding caused landslides
- Shortages of power water food and shelter
- Schools destroyed
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- Immediate Responses
- Field hospitals
- US helicopters- search and rescue
- Rapid overseas aid- NGOs
- 1200 evacuation centres
- Long-term Responses
- UN and international financial aid, supplies and medical support
- Rebuilding of infrastructure
- Rice farming and fishing re-established
- Homes built in safer areas
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