Typhoon Haiyan Disaster
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Typhoon
Haiyan DisasterBy Jayden Dunsford
and Luke Vescio, 9c
Whe
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The mega typhoon Haiyan hit two
main provinces in the Philippines,
Leyte, and Samar. It was the
perfect storm in terms of its sheer
size, its circular symmetry and the
tightness of the storms eye. When
Haiyan hit the shore in the
Philippines, the ferocity of it set
records. Winds were 250km/h with
gusts over 300kph. With that
much force it is like standing
behind a revving engine of a
jumbo jet. A 5 metre storm surge,
created from an intense low and
the storms centre sucking at the
sea that caused most damage.
Imag
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Location the typhoon
Wha
t was
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The super typhoon Haiyan hit
the Philippines at 4am (local
time), with winds near 195mph, making it the strongest tropical cyclone ever
to make landfall in recorded
world history, according to the
satellite estimates. The storm
has officially peaked the Dvorak scale, which is used to
measure strong strength storms using satellites and
was measured at a scale of
8.1 on an 8.0 scale.
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Satellite image of the storm
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Typhoon Haiyan swept away
the port-city of Tacloban in the
blink of an eye. The damage is
widespread across six Philippine islands with information trickling from
remote islands. More than 11
million Filipinos have been
affected, many being displaced
or left homeless from the
tsunami. From those 11 million,
5200 people died, more than
23,000 had been injured, and
1611 were still missing across
the islands.
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Before – After Image
Vide
o:http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/11/10/typhoon-haiyan-how-you-can-help Extent of the disaster and
impacts of the community
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Australia contributed $10 million in aid,
including $390,500 of emergency
supplies. The US sent has military
support and rescue ships. The UNICEF
sent a cargo plane carrying 60 tonnes of
aid; shelters, medicine, water, and
purification and sanitation equipment.
The European Commission has donated
$4.2 million. Britain sent emergency
support packaging worth $10 million.
Germany’s embassy sent shipment of 23
tonnes of aid. Pope Francis, deeply
saddened by the incident led 60,000
prayers to the Philippines. China is under
critical response as they, the second
largest economy pledged to send $2
million while Swedish furniture store had
generously donated $2.7 million.
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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/22/21575124-typhoon-haiyan-death-toll-tops-5200-two-weeks-after-storm-smashed-philipines?lite – NBC News, November 22nd 2013
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/15/world/asia/typhoon-haiyan/ - Edition, November 15 th http://www.economist.
com/news/leaders/21589883-responding-disaster-essential-so-preparing-next-stress-test - Economist,
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http://qz.com/144734/super-typhoon-haiyan-one-of-the-strongest-storms-ever-seen-is-about-to-hit-the-philippines/ - Qz, http://www.abc.net.au
/news/specials/typhoon-haiyan-photos-before-after/ - ABC, http://mobile.abc.net.
au/2013-11-11/global-aid-response-typhoon-haiyan-australia-red-cross/5082024 - ABC News, November 11 th, 2013
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/14/typhoon-haiyan-china-aid-philippines-ikea - The Guardian, November 14 th, 2013