haiyan/michael specific facts - not finished

philippines gdp

$500bn

usa gdp

$1.7trn

usa hdi

0.935 (high development score)

philippines hdi

0.720 (below average)

where did typhoon haiyan strike

tacloban

pacific ring of fire

population of tacloban

250,000

where did hurricane michael strike and population

coast of florida, bay county

small coastal town - 1000

when was typhoon haiyan

2013

when was hurricane michael

2018

what was the storm category of both storms

both category 5

but michael was only briefly a cat 5 storm, reaching cat 2 a few days later

haiyan was cat 5 throughout its entire time in the philippines

spatial scale of haiyan and michael

both affected multiple countries

haiyan - philippines, vietnam, china

michael - USA, honduras, nicaragua, el salvador

what made tacloban vulnerable

high population density and overcrowding due to rural-urban migration

poorly constructed houses on flat, low-lying land by the sea - vulnerable to flooding and storm surges

houses built on slopes where deforestation has taken place - vulnerable to post storm landslides

what made parts of usa vulnerable to michael

hit coastal region of florida panhandle - smaller population than philippines

it reduced and strength and went inland - hit parts of georgia and north/south carolina which were already suffering from hurricane florence earlier that year - not fully recovered yet when hit by michael

how high and far was haiyan storm surge

5m high storm surge

reached 1km inland

how much of tacloban was destroyed

90%

how many people died due to haiyan

over 6000

what was the estimated total cost of haiyan damage

$12bn

how many houses destroyed and how many made homeless - haiyan

1 million houses destroyed

2 million made homeless

what proportion of farmers and fishers lost their income

1/3

secondary effects of typhoon haiyan

Violence and looting - fight for food and supplies e.g. 8 people died in a stampede for food supplies

Contaminated surface and groundwater by seawater, sewage, chemicals - led to infection and disease

Communications, power supplies and education disrupted - some areas had no power for months

airports and roads blocked 

oil tanker ran aground - 800k litre oil leak, contaminated fishing waters and mangroves

landslides due to flooding

stocks of rice and seeds were flooding (harvest season was over)