Typhoon Haiyan

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  • where do typhoon occur 

    Pacific Ocean
  • What is a typhoon
    A tropical storm, made of low pressure
  • What is the Philippines
    A low income country
    Lic
  • When did it occur
    November 2013
  • What was it on the saffri Simpson scale
    5
  • primary effects
    6,300 people killed
    600,000 people missing
    40,000 homes damaged
  • How much was destroyed
    90%
  • What are the secondary effects
    14 million left homeless
    6 million lost their jobs
  • what blocked the roads
    Landslides
  • Education and livelihoods gone
  • Looting and outbreaks
  • What were the immediate responses
    international government aid
  • How many evacuations centres are there
    12,000
  • Long term effects
    Rebuild roads, bridges, airports
  • what is cash for work
    People were paid to rebuild the city