Typhoon Haiyan

• Category


  5
• Where


  Philipines
• When

  08.11.13 at 4.40am
• Where did it originate?

  Pacific ocean
• What were the wind speeds?

  195
• Primary effects

  • Homes battered
  • 6190 died
  • Damaged was $12 billion
  • Electricity was interrupted
  • Roads blocked by fallen trees
• Secondary effects

  • People in stampede for food supplies
  • 800,000 oil leak
  • 14 million effected
  • No fish because water was contaminated
• Immediate responses

  • 800,000 evacuated
  • After 3 days the airport opened
  • Electricity restored after 1 week
• Long term responses

  • Diseases spread
  • Rebuilt houses
  • 920,000 relocated