| Where is the Philippines and USA on HDI | Philippines 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 |
