Typhoon Haiyan

Impacts of Typhoon Haiyan

Social Impacts:

• Over 14 million people were affected by the typhoon, including 1.9 million being made homeless, as well as more than 6,000,000 being displaced.
• 7,400 people have been estimated to have been killed by the storm
• 500,000 homes were destroyed, as well as 600,000 being severely damaged.
• Over one million farmers in the Philippines have been impacted by Typhoon Haiyan according to the UN.
• In Tacloban alone, 90% of the structures are either destroyed or damaged while other cities, such as Ormoc, are reporting similar damage.
• The United Nations feared that the possibility of the spread of disease was high due to the lack of food, water, shelter, and medication.
• Less affected areas such as Cebu and Manila. Catbalogan reported that their population more than doubled after the typhoon with the influx of…