Case study

• Typhoon Haiyan

  One of the strongest category 5 hurricanes ever recorded
• Typhoon Haiyan happened in the Philippines in 2013
• The word 'typhoon' is used in the Philippines for a tropical storm or hurricane
• Things to look at for Typhoon Haiyan

  1. Primary impacts

  2. Secondary impacts

  3. Immediate/short-term responses

  4. Long-term responses
• Primary impacts of Typhoon Haiyan

  • Affected the whole of the Philippines, with a particularly devastating effect on Tacloban
  • Killed 6,300 people
  • Storm surge of 5 meters above normal destroyed 90% of Tacloban
  • 600,000 people displaced
  • 40,000 homes destroyed
  • Power lines destroyed due to flooding and strong winds
  • Top recorded wind speed of 170 mph (category 5 hurricane)
• Secondary impacts of Typhoon Haiyan

  • 14 million people across the Philippines affected in one way or another
  • 6 million jobs lost
  • Roads blocked by landslides
  • Lack of electricity, clean water, and food
  • Increase in diseases like cholera
  • Schools forced to close due to flooding or building damage
• Immediate/short-term responses to Typhoon Haiyan

  1. Rapid aid (food, water, medical supplies, money) from NGOs like the Red Cross and Oxfam

  2. Set up field hospitals and large evacuation centres

  3. Search and rescue operations, including from the USA
• Long-term responses to Typhoon Haiyan

  1. Created safe zones with new accommodation away from the coast

  2. Repaired key roads, funded by the UN

  3. Provided medical help and funding from the UN

  4. Helped rebooted key industries like fishing and rice farming