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Tropical storms
Typhoon Haiyan
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When did this happen?
November 2013
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What category storm was it classified as being?
5
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What caused Typhoon Haiyan?
The perfect conditions of warm water and depth in the
pacific ocean
due to a warming climate and/ or El Nino as well as strong winds helping to blow it towards the
Philippines
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What were the wind speeds measured at?
314
km/hr
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What countries did typhoon Haiyan hit?
Philippines, Southern
China
and
Vietnam
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When did Typhoon Haiyan end?
11 November
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How many people were killed by the 7.5m storm surge in Tacloban city?
5,800
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What percentage of buildings were destroyed in the city of
Tacloban?
90%
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how many people saw their homes destroyed?
5 million
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How was air travel affected?
The
airport
was
unusable
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The region was declared a...
'State of national calamity
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Essential infrastructure was damaged which meant what?
It was
difficult
to organise recue efforts and they were
slowed
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On the
12th
of November what did the DEC launch?
An international appeal via radio, television and
social media
, raising millions of
pounds
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By mid November how many people had received aid that needed it?
20%
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How many of the 1300 expected police officers reported for duty?
100
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UN staff were pulled for what reasons?
Safety
reasons
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Were there any major outbreaks of disease?
No
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Crime and theft were rampant, give an example of what was stolen?
33,000 bags of
rice
from
charity
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How much did the UK donate?
£131
million
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How much did the damage cost?
£8 billion
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What did the UN funding appeal total?
$788 million
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What did save the children build?
Tent
schools to
educate
children
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What schemes did many people sign up for proceeding the typhoon?
'Cash
for
work
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What did social media do for rescue efforts?
Helped people locate their
family
and
friends
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What technology was improved in order to help with prediction?
Satellites
and
computer
monitoring
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What sea defences were put into place?
Soft engineering such as
mangrove plantations
were implemented to help absorb the impact of
waves
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How many people died?
6300