Typhoon Haiyan

• KEY INFO: Pacific Ocean storm
• KEY INFO: 2nd November 2013 - landfall on 7th November
• KEY INFO: 5 day warning but storm moved faster than expected
• KEY INFO: Over 150cm of rainfall in 3 days
• KEY INFO: strongest typhoon in recent history
• KEY INFO: 200yr return period
• KEY INFO: People used to storm events
• KEY INFO: Category 5 - winds of 195mph
• KEY INFO: PAGASA successfully predicted the track
• KEY INFO: 540,000 evacuated
• KEY INFO: Island of Leyte most affected. City of Tacloban with pop of 200,000
• KEY INFO: HDI = 109/189
• KEY INFO: many live in extreme poverty
• CAUSES: sea temps 30c
• CAUSES: near ITCZ
• CAUSES: mild surface winds allow for full development
• IMPACTS: 6300 deaths = 9% Leyte's population
• IMPACTS: 4.1m homeless - 600,000 houses destroyed
• IMPACTS: Tacloban airport flooded
• IMPACTS: 90% Tacloban destroyed
• IMPACTS: loss 1.1m tonnes of crops lost + farms destroyed
• IMPACTS: food price increased by 12%
• IMPACTS: 20ft deep flood water from storm surge
• IMPACTS: Hospitals overwhelmed - cholera outbreaks
• IMPACTS: Sea water and chemicals contaminated ground water
• IMPACTS: 300,000 fishing boats destroyed
• IMPACTS: Survivors had no basic sanitation or food - led to looting
• IMPACTS: Large scale disruption
• RESPONSE: International aid was slow due to poor infrastructure
• RESPONSES: UN = $25m in emergency funds + $300m appeal
• RESPONSES: 25 humanitarian groups , response teams and NGOs worked in the area
• RESPONSES: HMS Illustrious delivered 100 tonnes rice
• RESPONSES: Royal Air Force gave 200 tonnes of aid
• RESPONSES: Phillipines Red Cross = basic food - rice, canned food and sugar
• RESPONSES: $1m of food wasted due to improper storage
• RESPONSES: victims struggled to access aid in remote locations
• RESPONSES: 1200 evacuation centres set up - some flooded due to storm surges
• RESPONSES: Hospitals used rafts to transport patients
• RESPONSES: Oxfam replaced fishing boats
• RESPONSES: UN aid criticised for arriving to slow