Typhoon Haiyan Case Study
Causes
Typhoon Haiyan originated from an area of low pressure several hundred kilometers east-southeast of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia on November 2, 2013. Moving generally westward, the system developed into a tropical depression the following day. After becoming a tropical storm and attaining the name Haiyan on November 4, the system began a period of rapid intensification that brought it to typhoon intensity on November 5. Haiyan is unofficially the fourth most intense tropical cyclone ever observed. |
Effects
In numbers, 2.5 million are in need of food aid, 544,606 people are displaced, 1215 evacuation centres are set up, 130,074 houses were destroyed and overall 2.5 million people were affected with the city of Tacloban being one of the most damaged areas. The Typhoon swept through many city's of the Phillippines which were devastated, it left a trail of rubble and dust taking around 90% of homes in each village, town or city with it. The country was left for a week without any aid until major figures in the world such as the U.S.A and Great Britain started to provide much needed resources like food and water. Before this help though, the city's were in complete disarray, people had nowhere to shelter themselves and due to filter systems, water had become dirty and therefore bringing diseases with it such as the deadly disease known as cholera. It simply decimated and shook the country violently and with no mercy. |