Typhoon Haiyan

• location - Philippines

  South East Asia

  surrounded by Philippian Sea

  North of Indonesia

  South West of Japan

  NEE
• the storm started in the North West of the Pacific Ocean and moved towards land - Philippines
• November 8th 2013 - 4:40am
• one of the most powerful Typhoons recorded - Category 5 - despite this, people were calm
• causes

  low pressure area in the north west of the Pacific

  5 days to cross the sea - intensified

  195 mph winds

  warm oceans, winds and geographical layout

  low development, rapid population growth and inadequate infrastructure = severe
• effects

  • 5 metre high storm surges caused flooding
  • power lines and electricity supply damaged - water supply damaged - lack of clean water - chemicals contaminated land
  • tree's uprooted from strong winds
  • major towns and cities destroyed - airports damaged - roads clocked
  • 6000+ people died - 6 million lost their jobs/income and education stopped - 50000 homes destroyed (millions = homeless)
  • harvest failed
  • economy lost millions of pounds
  • disease spread
  • 11 million in total effected
• responses

  • 2 royal navy ships, 11 military aircrafts, 17 UK cargo flights, 15 4x4 vehicles, 2 JCB diggers
  • 21 UK medics deployed - 15000 people
  • delivered: shelter, water, learning spaces, food, blankets, cooking, seeds and tools, hygiene kits, plastic sheets, tents, buckets
  • gov issued a warning TV - people should evacuate - 800000 people did
  • curfew introduced to prevent looting
  • helped over 1 million people
• responses

  • cash for work programme allowed people to rebuild
  • Oxfam replaced lost fishing boats
  • Build Back Better - gov programme that pledged to upgrade buildings to better standards for future storms
  • Mangrove Forest replanted to protect against storm surges
  • 1200 evacuation centres for the homeless
  • 3 days after - airports reopened - international aid came in
  • $1.5 billion foreign aid pledged
  • new storm surge system installed