Natural disasters in Philippines Example Typhoon Haiyan Yolanda

Natural disasters in Philippines Example: Typhoon Haiyan /Yolanda Tamara Bosanac

One of countries with the highest disaster risk in the world!

3 rd place = 181 disasters in period of 10 years

World. Risk. Report 2015 Welt. Risiko. Index (UNU-ESH) • 1. Vanuatu • 2. Tonga • 3. Philippines – lack of coping capacities – lack of adaptive capacities

Typhoon Haiyan /Yolanda

• Friday, November 8, 2013 • one of the strongest cyclones ever measured = 190 miles per hour • resulted in high numbers of victims • > 6, 000 people were killed, and hundreds of thousands had to abandon their homes (4. 28 million people and at least 270 town) • destruction on a massive scale in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Cebu and Panay

The frequency of natural disasters has doubled over 40 years to an average of 15 each year!

The number of persons affected by natural disasters has more than doubled to some 50 million!

Damage from natural disasters has averaged around US$ 300 million a year.

How this country is affected? • • Rebuilding homes and buildings Debt repeyment Health and aid needed Economy

Influence on development of: • Agriculture (food security) • Urban planning (inhabited areas) • Education

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Literature and sources • URL 1, http: //www. investphilippines. info/arangkada/c limate/environment-and-natural-disasters/ • URL 2, http: //www. mnn. com/earthmatters/wilderness-resources/stories/theriskiest-places-in-the-world-for-natural-disasters • URL, 3 http: //naturalhazardscience. oxfordre. com/