Hurricane Questions

1)    Find a hurricane/tornado that occurred in your country

No major hurricane or tornado has hit Indonesia; however, typhoons occur regularly. A typhoon is a tropical storm that can hit the Islands of the Indonesia between September and December. They can cause rainstorms and heavy winds. However, not every Typhoon that hits Indonesia is a strong one. No major typhoon hit Indonesia however the Haiyan typhoon hit the Philippines which is near Indonesia. This typhoon were one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded.

 
2) Describe the storm in terms of category, when it occurred, wind speed, etc. 

Its highest wind was 230 km/h and was sustained for 10 minutes. The storm surge was six meters tall; however, in certain areas the storm surge was smaller. It was formed on November 3^rd 2013 and dissipated on November 11 2013. It killed 6,340 died because of the devastation and 1,061 bodies are classified missing. The damaged it caused was about 2 billion dollars in USD.

 3) Describe the social (people), economic (money), physical (impact on the environment/nature) of your storm using as many examples as possible.

This typhoon caused catastrophic damages throughout the islands of Leyte. The actual death toll still remains unclear however they got a rough estimate of 6,340 people. The terminal building of Tacloban airport was destroyed by a 5.2 m high storm. Although the wind speeds were extreme the major causes of damages was due to the storm surge. Haiyan has affected over 13 million people because nearly half a million homes were damaged or destroyed. The storm continued on through the Philippines and progressed to China.  The storm left behind uprooted trees and a lot of carbon dioxide was released by the storm when it uprooted the trees and topsoil.  Because of the typhoon the lack of sanitation, skyrocketing prices and a shattered economy resulted. The damage it caused is around two billion dollars and its clear to state typhoons are natural parts of earths continuing climate change. The Philippines islands are located in a region where climate change can alter rapidly because of the weather and sea levels.