GEOGRAPHY - typhoon Haiyan
- Created by: Rachieba01
- Created on: 30-04-17 14:22
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- Tropical storm: Typhoon Haiyan
- Causes
- Low pressure area in the south west Pacific - 6 days before
- warm shallow sea- 30 degree waters
- 195 mph winds
- Life in the Philippines
- poor, slum settlements
- Subject to volcanoes, typhoons, floods
- Effects
- 130,000 houses destroyed- 670,000 people made homeless
- No water, food or shelter for suvivours
- Over 6,300 people reported dead
- Many jobs, businesses lost
- Food stolen from many shops - businesses destroyed
- $2.86 billion economic damage
- 90% of land destroyed
- long term land damage- crops wont be able to grow
- 2/3 of country affected
- Responses
- 1215 evacuation centres set up
- hospitals had to escort people to safety
- Royal Air force delivers 200 tonnes of aid
- RAF aircraft carrier - 100 tonnes of rice
- Aid organisations
- Many NGO charities gave aid
- Why was it so devistating?
- super typhoon
- 15 foot high tsunami
- 380 miles across
- more deaths as people were forced to live by the coast- cheaper
- Lack of understanding, didnt see the warning signs
- Causes
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