Typhoon haiyan

• GDP per capita of Philippines

  $4,600
• How dense are the Philippines

  Very - 85mil people in 7000 islands
• Winds


  170 mph
• storm surge


  5m
• Wave size


  15m
• When did Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines?

  7th November 2013
• Primary effects of Typhoon Haiyan

  • 6300 dead

  • 40,000 houses destroyed

  • 90% of Tacloban effected

  • Schools, hospitals, fishing boats damaged

  • Floods

  • Power lines destroyed
• Secondary Effects of typhoon haiyan

  • Looting and Violence

  • Ferry/flight postponed

  • Shortage (and contamination) of food and water -> disease (cholera)

  • Flooding/landslides led to blocked roads, hindering aid

  • 6 million no income
• Immediate responses to Typhoon Haiyan

  •International government + aid agencies responded quickly with food aid, water, temporary shelters.

  •US aircraft carrier George Washington and helicopters assisted with search and rescue and delivery of aid.

  •Over 1200 evacuation centres were set up to help the homeless.

  •UK government sent shelter kits, each one able to provide emergency shelter for a family.

  •French, Belgian and Israeli field hospitals set up to help the injured.

  •The Philippines Red Cross delivered basic food aid, which included rice, canned food, sugar, salt and cooking oil.
• long-term responses of Typhoon Haiyan

  • Rebuilding of roads, bridges, air ports and homes away from hight risk areas

  • new storm surge warning system

  • No-build zones

  • cash for work programs

  • Oxfam donated fishing boats - fishing is the main source of income in the Philippines