Typhoon Haiyan

• formed early Nov 2013 - made landfall on 8th Nov 2013
• world record highest wind speed - 315km/h
• 6,300 deaths (from drowning, severe injury caused by falling debris)
• Tacloban + Cebu worst affected
• Primary Effects

  • 8000 people killed
  • 30,000 fishing boats destroyed
  • 1.9mil made homeless
  • 5 metre high storm surges - 90% of Tacloban destroyed
  • 600,000 Ha of farmland destroyed
  • 400mm rain - widespread catastrophic flooding
  • US$ 13 mil cost of damage
  • airports, ports and public services damaged
  • US$ 53 mil damage to rice
  • 3/4 farmers and fishers lost income
• Secondary effects

  flooding caused landslides- blocking roads, slowed relief efforts

  6mil lost their source of income

  lack of clean water caused outbreaks of disease

  oil barge ran aground - 800,000L oil leak contaminating 10Ha of mangroves

  rice prices rose by 11.9%

  14 mil affected
• Immediate responses

  PAGASA broadcast warning- evacuation of 800,000 but some died due to floods in evacuation centres

  Philippines declared state of 'national calamity'

  Red Cross supplies 1.1mil people with clean water

  International aid- 1mil food parcels -250,000L water/

  US$ 1.5 bil pledged in foreign aid

  1,200 evacuation centres set up

  Canada and USA deployed military aircrafts to assist search and rescue and aid supplies

  UK deployed 18 medics
• Long Term Responses

  UN appealed for over $300mil to help rebuilding and relief

  UNICEF and WHO vaccinated thousands of children so that diseases did not spread through temporary shelters

  Charities built new storm-resistant housing

  Philippines' tourism board encouraged people to visit so money would help rebuilding process