AQA A-Level Geography - Typhoon Haiyan Case Study

8th November 2013

When did Typhoon Haiyan take place?

Super Typhoon Yolanda

What is this typhoon known as in the Philippines ?

15th

This was the ........ typhoon of the Pacific Typhoon season...? (e.g. 'n'th)

6300

How many people were killed in the Philippines alone?

7641

How many islands make up the Philippines?

January 2014

When were bodies still being found by?

Ring of Fire

On what tectonic area are the Philippines located? Otherwise known as the 'Circum Pacific Belt'

103.3 million

What's the population of the Philippines?

flooding

What did the 400mm of rain cause?

281,000

How many homes were damaged or destroyed?

90%

What percentage of homes were lost in the areas worst affected?

7500

How many people well killed overall?

drowning

What killed most people?

$225 billion

How much did it cost the UN and the Philippines combined?

Tacloban

what airport was badly damaged?

disease

Outbreaks of .................. due to lack of water, food and shelter.

1.9 million

How many people were left homeless?

6 million

How many people were displaced?

lack of shelter, clean water and food

3 immediate threats to those who survived the initial storm...

14 million

How many people affected?

increased, looting

What happened to crime rates? Most prominent crime

$14 billion

Cost to the Philippines?

6 million

How many people lost their source of income?

1200

How many evacuation centres were set up?

monitoring, predicting, protection

3 elements of future management in the Philippines...

shelter kits

What did the UK government send?

France, Belgium and Israel

3 countries that set up hospitals to help the injured?

cash for work

........................... programmes ; people paid to help clear debris and rebuild the city

US, Australia and the EU

3 foreign donors that supported new livelihood opportunities...

Oxfam

NGO that supported the replacement of fishing boats

built away from areas at risk of flooding

What changed about the re-built houses compared to the destroyed ones?

cyclone shelters

what was built to accommodate people evacuated form coastal areas?