Natural Hazards - Typhoon Haiyan stats

Statistics regarding our case study of a tropical storm natural disaster

Primary Effects

• 50% of houses destroyed

• 4.1 million people made homeless

• 6190 people died

• $12bn in damage

• Rice crop damage $53 million alone

• 75% of farmers and fishermen lost their income

• 800,000 litre oil leak, barge ran aground

• 400mm of rainfall caused flooding

• 1.1 million tonnes of crops destroyed

Secondary Effects

• Diseases spread due to contaminated water

• Power supplies cut off for a month

• Many schools destroyed and education distrupted

• Airport badly damaged - roads blocked

• Looting rife due to lack of food and supplies

• Rice prices up 12% by 2014

• 10 hectares of mangroves contaminated by oil leak

• Flooding caused landslides

Immediate Responses

• 800k people evacuated, many went to Tacloban stadium which had a reinforced roof but still flooded…

• Philippine government ensured vital supplies were sent out, but in one regional centre these were ‘washed away’

• Emergency aid supplies arrived 3 days later by plane

• Within 2 weeks, 1 million food packs and 250k litres of water given out

• Curfew imposed 2 days after typhoon to reduce looting

Long Term Responses

• 33 countries and aid agencies pledged help

• More than $1.5bn pledged in foreign aid

• In July 2014 the government established the “Build Back Better” initiative - upgrading buildings against future disasters

• No build zone established along the coast - new homes built safely inland

• Promises to build 205k new homes in coastal areas, but after 3 years just 25,000 built and only 2500 actually occupied