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TYPHOON HAIYAN (A-level geography case study) - Coggle Diagram
TYPHOON HAIYAN
(A-level geography case study)
Primary effects
30,000 fishing boats destroyed
Over 7000 deaths
90% Tacloban city destroyed
6 million displaced
$5.8 billion damage
Over 70,000 hectares of farmland destroyed
6 million lost their source of income
Secondary effects
Cramped conditions in temporary shelter led to disease (especially cholera)
Destruction of farmland reduced international trade
Poverty increased due to job loss etc.
Tourism reduced due to damage to infrastructure
70/2500 government members in immediate aftermath (organisational issues)
Facts
7m waves at the coast
Almost 300mm of rainfall within 12h
One of the strongest ever cyclones (winds up to 313km/h)
Philippines made of over 7000 islands
November 2013
Responses
PAGSA gave warnings 2 days before (750,000 evacuated)
UK government aid for 800,000 people
UN appeal for $480 million
Build back better introduced no-build zones on coast
Search and rescue hard due to damaged roads etc.