Typhoon Haiyan
new syallbus
9-1
case study
- Created by: Ellome Anistan
- Created on: 14-03-18 22:28
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- Low pressure in the SW Pacific 6 days before
- Causes of Typhoon Haiyan
- warm shallow sea - around 27 to 30
- 195 km/h winds
- All needed in formation of tropical storms
- warm shallow sea - around 27 to 30
- All needed in formation of tropical storms
- Typhoon Haiyan
- Environmental Impacts
- Agricultral land destroyed
- Rice fields soaked
- Coconut plantation flattened
- Benzene, an extremely flammable hydrocarbon, was found in excessive amounts in the air
- 90% of land destroyed
- 2/3 of country affected
- Oil rig spill
- Harmful to wildlife and aquatic sea-life
- Flooding a mile inland
- money needed to protect homes against this
- Harmful to wildlife in the area
- Agricultral land destroyed
- Social Impacts
- No water, no food or shelter for survivors
- 2.5 million people needed food aid
- 12000 injured
- 130000 homes destroyed
- 670000 people made homeless
- Over 6300 people reported dead
- 11.5 million people affected
- No water, no food or shelter for survivors
- Economic Impacts
- Over $2.86 million worth of damage
- Many jobs and businesses lost
- Many jobs and businesses lost
- Less land left to reconstruct
- the best land was privately owned
- public land was not very good to build on
- hard to recover
- no insurance
- lack of private sector
- Many hospitals lost
- taken years to rebuild
- Government collapsed
- Oil rig destroyed
- profit lost from this
- Airport damage
- Need money to repair to promote tourism again
- Environmental Impacts
- All needed in formation of tropical storms
- Causes of Typhoon Haiyan
- Oil rig spill
- Harmful to wildlife and aquatic sea-life
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