Hurricane Havoc
GEOGRAPHY
Case Study: Typhoon Haiyan 2013, Philippines, LIC Causes Started as a tropical depression on 2rd November 2013 and gained strength. Became a Category 5 “super typhoon” and made landfall on the Pacific islands of the Philippines. High population density, poorly constructed wooden buildings. Primary Effects
Secondary Effects
Heavy rainfall (400mm), Loss of agricultural land 5 meter storm surge = – crop failure and food severe flooding shortages Contamination of Infrastructure (roads and buildings) water damaged Disease spread £10 billion in damage Oil spills 6,000 deaths 2 million people homeless
Primary Responses
Secondary Responses
800,000 evacuated to temporary shelters £100 million worth of aid sent Distribution of aid slow as roads blocked Curfew introduced to stop looting
New legislation introduced to prevent construction in high risk areas New disaster early warning system developed Government introduced a 4 year, £6.2 billion plan to rebuild homes, business and infrastructure, ‘build back better’.
Management of Tropical Storms Protection Preparing for a tropical storm may involve construction projects that will improve protection.
Flood defences e.g. Levees /Houses built on stilts Reinforced concrete
Planning Involves getting people and the emergency services ready to deal with the impacts.
Disaster kits for high risk areas/ Evacuation routes Education: teaching people about what to do in a tropical storm / FEMA / Land use planning
Prediction Constant monitoring can help to give advanced warning of a tropical storm
Warnings give people advice on the necessary action to take e.g. evacuation / National Hurricane Centre USA; Hurricane ‘Pam’ computer model, Satellites, Drop sondes, Ocean buoys, Doppler’s, reconnaissance flights
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