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Typhoon haiyan / beast from the east - Coggle Diagram
Typhoon haiyan / beast from the east
Typhoon haiyan
Location: South East Asia, Philippines largely
affected Tacloban City
Size: Category 5- 500 miles wide and 250 mph
winds
Primary Impacts
6,000 died
4 million effected
15 foot strm surge
destryed 80% of everthing in its path
1.1 million homes destryed
schools & airport destroyed
30,000 fishing boats destroyed
Secondary Impacts
Loss of livelihood
6 million lost their income
thousands homeless
communication limited
shortages of food & water
diseses spread across the island
Immediate Responses
1,200 evacuation centres setup
UK donates £77 million
Canada / USA sent resue teams & supplies
Long Term Responses
UNICEF vaccinated children against diseases
replaced fishing boats
cash for work
programmes
Beast From the East
Causes: Jet stream was disturbed. Cold winds from
Russia travelled to the UK due to a change in winds.
As the air mass moved over the north sea,it picked
up moisture leading to snowfall. This met with
storm Emma originating from the Azores and
travelled North bringing blizzards and gales.
Primary Impacts
10 died
countryside low temp of -12°C,
Secondary Impacts
BA cancelled flights from Heathrow
rail suspended
thousands of schools closed
Hundreds of motorists stuck on the M80 for 13
hours & food shortages
Responses
red warning
flood warning issued by the enviromantal agency for south coast