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The Philippines
Located close to the
Equator
on the
Pacific
Ocean
Regularly affected by Typhoons because the sea temperatures are over
26.5oC
An
EDC
with a
GNI
of $3470
Over
25
% of the population love below the
poverty
line
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Typhoon
1. Started in the
Pacific
Ocean
2. Moved
west
and hit the
Philippines
on 8th November 2013
3. Moved North-West towards
Vietnam
and
Laos
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Typhoon
Wind speeds
reached up to
195mph
– the strongest Typhoon ever to make landfall – known as a Super Typhoon
Very little
land
in the path of the typhoon meaning that it got more and more
powerful
as it got closer to the Philippines
The time of year meant that the sea was over
30oC
giving the storm lots of
energy
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Over
6300
people killed
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1.2
million homes gone
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11
million affected in total
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Major
rice
and sugar producing areas for the
Philippines
was destroyed leading to a lack of food
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Estimated cost to rebuild was $
5.8bn
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Fishing
communities have also be severely affected with the
storm
destroying boats and gear
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Storm surge reached
20ft
(the biggest
killer
)
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People were aware of
Typhoons
as they are regularly but not warned about the
storm surge
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Over
100,000 Mangrove
trees replanted as a
natural
barrier
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100
tonnes rice sent in
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The
British
government gave
8,000
shelter kits
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Infrastructure including road, schools and hospitals were
rebuilt
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