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Typhoon Haiyan 
A powerful Category 5 typhoon that struck the Philippines in 2013, causing widespread destruction and over 6,000 deaths.
Economic impacts of Typhoon Haiyan 
$2.6bil worth of damage
77% of farmers and 74% of fishermen lost main source of income
Social impacts of Typhoon Haiyan 
500,000 people went homeless
Over 6300 deaths
Affected those in Leyte, Tacloban and Samar regions
571 health clinics and hospitals affected
Environmental impacts of Typhoon Haiyan
Winds up to 195mph meant that the typhoon was a Category 5 super typhoon
Damaged agriculture
Uprooted trees
Destroyed habitats
Stakeholder responses to Typhoon Haiyan 
UN appealed £190mil for aid
WHO supplied healthcare workers
Other countries sent aid
Cleaning debris and managing waste
Repairing infrastructure
Planting mangroves around coasts for protection from any further storms