typhoon haiyan

• key info

  • november 2013
  • Philippines
  • category 5 on the saffir simpson scale
  • strongest storm recorded
• causes

  • pacific ocean was warmer than 26.5 degrees and depth was above 60m
• primary effects

  • 315 km/h winds
  • storm surges over 6m in places
  • low air pressure
  • coastal flooding
  • heavy rainfall
  • strong winds
  • 6300 deaths
  • 11 million people affected
  • infrastructure, trees and crops destroyed
• secondary effects

  • shelters destroyed
  • no clean water
  • electricity cut off
  • devastation due to loss of family
  • 453 flights cancelled
• emergency responses

  • £190 million appeal from UN
  • healthcare workers were sent from all around the world (WHO)
  • countries sent aid
• long term responses

  • cleaning debris
  • repairing infrastructure
  • replanting mangroves