Typhoon Haiyan
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- Typhoon Haiyan
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- 8th Nov 2013 hit central Philippines first
- areas hit include coastal provinces of Leyte, Tacloban and Samar
- typhoon later hit 6 other islands
- made landfall on the southeast coast on Philippines
- areas hit include coastal provinces of Leyte, Tacloban and Samar
- 8th Nov 2013 hit central Philippines first
- Factors affecting damage
- Physical
- 5m storm surge
- 400mm rainfall
- waves of up to 15m
- winds up to 313km/h which made this category 5
- Human
- widespread poverty
- people more susceptible to damage + disease
- high vulnerability
- people more susceptible to damage + disease
- low economic development
- lower capacity to cope
- high disaster risk
- high vulnerability
- high disaster risk
- lower capacity to cope
- people live in wooden homes
- widespread poverty
- Physical
- Impacts on environment
- Physical
- Coconut plantations flattened
- rice fields soaked
- mangroves destroyed
- oil spill from knocked over power barge in Estancia, Iloilo
- residents on the northern panay island asked to leave/ evacuated areas where benzene reached unhealthy amounts
- Built
- 100,000s displaced as their homes flooded
- looting of shops, people went to any means in order to survive
- leyte province completely flattened by storm surge
- 130,000 houses destroyed
- Human
- 11.5 million affected
- 545,000 people displaced
- death toll: 6,340
- 2.5 million in need of food aid
- 12,000 injured
- Physical
- Long term impacts
- 200,000 families still living in tents and temporary transition structures e.g. bunkhouses
- many hospital destroyed in the storm
- rebuilding of properly functioning medical systems taken years
- shortage of available land for construction
- prime land = privately owned
- public land = disaster prone
- harder to recover from such a trauma because of lack of private sector and and insurance
- Responses
- Short term
- 1215 evacuation centres set up
- shelter box provides with first aid kit, mosquito nets, a tent and stove
- Long term
- UN issued an appeal for $300 million
- $25 million in emergency funds for immediate assistance
- UK: $16 million package - emergency shelter, water + household items
- US: $20 million in humanitarian aid - 90 marines deployed, aircraft carrier + logistics support
- Short term
- Long term management
- World renew identified the hardest hit communities + provided emergency supplies
- World Renew planned + carried out multi-faceted response to help people get back on their feet in the long term
- World Renew - access to those who experiences loss
- World Renew psychotherapists trained 182 community volunteer counsellors how to recognise and respond to trauma
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