Case Study Haiyan
Factsheet: Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines 2013
On Friday the 8th November 20013, the devastating super typhoon Haiyan struck the islands of the Philippines.
Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest storms the world has ever seen and it’s the deadliest typhoon that has ever hit the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan measured winds of 235km/h (147mph), with gusts of 275km/h (170mph) or more, with waves as high as 15m (45ft), bringing up to 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in places.
Facts & Figures
Officials estimate up to 10,000 dead in Tacloban city and elsewhere.
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced – of which 55% of them are living in evacuation centres
11 million people have been affected across the islands of the Philippines by the typhoon which swept through the Philippines – according to UN officials
Parts of the low-lying islands were completely flattened – destroying nearly every homes, buildings and roads on these flat low-lying islands.
The most affected islands were Leyte, Cebu and Bohol.
Tacloban City in Leyte province has been devastated and has been hit the hardest by the typhoon
Roads are blocked, food and water supplies have been destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people are starving - this is very bad as the communication system in the Philippines is very poor
Bad weather and an awful high amount of debris from flattened buildings are hampering efforts to distribute aid
In Tacloban City winds of the typhoon were as high as 310km/h (195mph). It was followed by a storm surge which reported to have reached up to 5m (although it was believed to be up to 2.3m according to official figures) and flattened homes, schools and badly damaged the airport.
Most of Tacloban City is below 5m above sea level
Typhoon Haiyan has killed at least 3, 974 people and a further 1, 186 are missing, with about 500,000 people homeless according to the latest official figures
On Friday the 8th November 20013, the devastating super typhoon Haiyan struck the islands of the Philippines.
Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest storms the world has ever seen and it’s the deadliest typhoon that has ever hit the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan measured winds of 235km/h (147mph), with gusts of 275km/h (170mph) or more, with waves as high as 15m (45ft), bringing up to 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in places.
Facts & Figures
Officials estimate up to 10,000 dead in Tacloban city and elsewhere.
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced – of which 55% of them are living in evacuation centres
11 million people have been affected across the islands of the Philippines by the typhoon which swept through the Philippines – according to UN officials
Parts of the low-lying islands were completely flattened – destroying nearly every homes, buildings and roads on these flat low-lying islands.
The most affected islands were Leyte, Cebu and Bohol.
Tacloban City in Leyte province has been devastated and has been hit the hardest by the typhoon
Roads are blocked, food and water supplies have been destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people are starving - this is very bad as the communication system in the Philippines is very poor
Bad weather and an awful high amount of debris from flattened buildings are hampering efforts to distribute aid
In Tacloban City winds of the typhoon were as high as 310km/h (195mph). It was followed by a storm surge which reported to have reached up to 5m (although it was believed to be up to 2.3m according to official figures) and flattened homes, schools and badly damaged the airport.
Most of Tacloban City is below 5m above sea level
Typhoon Haiyan has killed at least 3, 974 people and a further 1, 186 are missing, with about 500,000 people homeless according to the latest official figures