Typhoon Haiyan

• Date


  2nd November 2013
• Where did Haiyan form?

  Pacific Ocean,
• Typhoon Haiyan developed from a ____________ ____________

  Tropical Depression
• What caused Typhoon Haiyan to intensify?

  Increase in sustained winds
• Strongest windspeeds


  195mph
• Reached category 5, before making landfall in the ___________ and then into the South China Sea, weakening to category 1 and making landfall in ____________

  Philippines

  Vietnam

  
• Total economic cost?


  $13b
• Due to flooding of farmland, __________ families without income

  10,000
• ______% boats lost in storm surges

  95
• Unemployment led to issues for the government. e.g...

  Low tax revenue
• Economic Impacts


  $13b total cost

  Unemployment (Low tax income)

  No fuel available for transport

  Farming areas flooded: 10,000 families without income

  95% boats lost in storm surge: unemployment, as major fishing income lost
• Death toll


  6,340
• Number of houses damaged...

  1.1 million
• _______mm rainfall in 24 hours

  400mm
• Power Barge ____ knocked causing ...

  103

  Oil Spill
• Only ___% forests remained

  3
• Fishing stocks and biodiversity reduced due to _________

  pollution
• Environmental Impacts


  400mm rainfall: flooding

  Power Barge 103 damaged: oil spill

  3% forests remaining

  Fishing stocks and biodiversity reduced due to pollution

  Debris
• When did PAGASA issue a Public Warning?

  6th November
• Evacuation of whole islands e.g ...

  Tulang Diyot
• European Commission donated $____ million emergency fund

  4
• Short Term Management


  - Well prepared: Tracking system, risk reduction and preparation of evacuation shelters

  - Nov. 6th: PAGASA Public warning

  - Community buildings pre-designed as storm shelters

  - European commission: $4 million emergency fund

  - 12 IRFC emergency response units deployed
• Aid was congested at ________ airport. Only ___th aid got through

  Tacloban

  1/5
• Short Term Management Weaknesses

  - Government response slow: lead to looting

  - Airports closed: emergency teams on foot

  - Resources, Human help and finances stretched

  - Aid was congested at Tacloban Airport. Only 1/5th aid got through
• ____ million in temporary homes after 1 month

  4
• __________ households given materials for shelter

  324,000
• __________ homes rebuilt to higher standard

  30,000
• Long Term Management Strategies

  - 4 Million in temporary homes after 1 month

  - 324,000 households given materials for shelter

  - 30,000 homes rebuilt to higher standard
• __________ _________ Convoy ambushed due to violence

  Red Cross
• Long Term Management Weaknesses

  - 1 month later: 100,000 still in evacuation centres

  - Aid congested at Tacloban airport: only 1/5 aid got through

  - Red Cross Convoy ambushed due to violence

  - Queues of people at airport slowed aid

  - Survivors relied on friends and family in same situation

  - 1 week later: goods and supplies scarce as long term relief slow to arrive
• Poverty


  9/10 people were living under the poverty line