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level: Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines and Hurricane Sandy, USA

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level questions: Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines and Hurricane Sandy, USA

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Where is the Philippines and USA on HDIPhilippines is 106th and the United States of America is 13th [Focusing on USA] USA is far richer then the Philippines
How was the Typhoon formed?It started on the 3rd, a low pressure system in the Western Pacific. On the 5th, it had gotten high sea surface it become a small typhoon which would be become a typhoon with 190 mp/h wind speeds on the 7th as it entered the South China Sea.
Primary effects of the Typhoon?-Huge flooding from the rainfall [400mm] and a 5m storm surge -Oil spills along the coast -6000 people left injured/dead -2 million people left homeless -Power and Electricity cut off in areas
Secondary effects of the Typhoon?-Farms and Agriculture was in wrecks from floods and oil spillage -Diseases was spread -10 billion dollars was the total cost
Primary responses of the Typhoon-800,000 people was taken to emergency shelters -100 million pounds of emergency aid was sent in, but was slowed due to the ruined infrastructure -Curfew's was brought in
Secondary Responses of the Typhoon-Legalisation brought in to stop constructing buildings in high risk areas -Their 3Ps was updated [Planning, Protection, Prediction] -6.2 billon dollars was spent to rebuild businesses and Infrastructure
How was the Hurricane formed?Started off in Western Africa. Then it travelled north-west across the Atlantic and hit Cuba, Bahamas and Haiti until hitting USA.
Primary effects of Hurricane-72 deaths in USA -Infrastructure was in ruins -8.5 million homes cut off power -People were being being mentally unstable -751,000 homes destroyed in New Jersey and New York combined.
Secondary effects of Hurricane-Cost of the Hurricane was around 18 billion dollars + for New York -Crops was lost meaning farmers wouldn't earn anything -In New Jersey, 10 meters of beach was lost and is further exposing the coast for erosion which will impact wildlife
Primary Responses of Hurricane-Evacuation had been done quickly -Aid forces was deployed to help those stranded -Obama gave a statement out -Air travel was temporary shut
Secondary Responses of Hurricane-Investment in floodwalls -More trainning for floods -Re-building -Rebooting the States economy