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Why Typhoon Haiyan Is No Exception

WHY TYPHOON HAIYAN IS NO EXCEPTION Nearly a week ago, Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. Haiyan was the third major storm to affect the islands in as many years, each costing the nation hundreds of millions of dollars. CHINA TAIWAN Hanoi Hong Kong Pacific Ocean LAOS South China Sea PHILIPRINES BOPHA (2012) THAILAND Da Nang Manila HAIYAN (2013) CAMBODIA VIET NAM Gulf of Thailand Họ Chỉ Minh City.. THELMA (1991, deadliest) a... WASHI (2011) Sulu Sea Davao City feared dead FATALITIES BY STORM 10,000, Because of its catastrophic impact, the name Thelma was retired from the list of Western North Pacific Ocean tropical storms in 1992 and replaced Haiyan Thelma Bopha 1,901 Washi 2,357* 1,257 5,081 with Teresa. COMPARING THE STORMS Name (Local name) Year Sustained wind Fatalities Affected population Haiyan (Yolanda) 2013 195 mph 2,275 9.7 million Bopha (Pablo) 2012 175 mph 1,901 5.4 million Washi (Sendong) 2011 55 mph 1,257 640,000 THE PHILIPPINES LOSES 2% OF ITS GDP EACH TYPHOON SEASON IN LOST CROPS AND PRODUCTIVITY, AND AN ADDITIONAL 2% IN RECONSTRUCTION COSTS. CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T JUST AWFUL, IT'S UNFAIR As sea levels rise with climate change, storm surges caused by typhoons such as Haiyan turn increasingly deadly in coastal nations. The graph below shows that while countries such as the Philippines contribute much less to the phenomenon, the consequences of climate change affect them in a disproportionate way. MOST SUSCEPTIBLE MOST CO, EMISSIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE FROM FUEL COMBUSTION (Percent risk, World Risk Index) (Millions of tons) Vanuatu China* 36.31 7,258.5 Tonga United States* 28.62 5,368.6 Philippines India 27.98 1,625.8 Guatemala Russia 20.75 1,581.4 Bangladesh Japan* 1,143.1 20.22 Solomon Islands Germany* 18.15 761.6 Costa Rica Korea 17.28 563.1 Cambodia Canada* 17.17 536.6 Timor-Leste Climate change risk I CO2 emissions Iran 17.13 * Countries that have promised aid after Typhoon Haiyan 509.0 El Salvador United Kingdom 16.89 483.5 The Philippine Sea level has one of the fastest rising rates in the world: 10 millimeters per year compared to the global rate of three millimeters per year. Philippines 76.4| United States 3.99 *Number of fatalities as of November 14, 2013. THE HUFFINGTON POST Sources: Joint Typhoon Warning Center; The New York Times; Associated Press; Naderev Madla Saño, Philippines Climate Change Commissioner; United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, Alliance Development Works, The Nature Conservancy, "World Risk Report 2012;" International Energy Agency; United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs; BBC News

Why Typhoon Haiyan Is No Exception

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Nearly a week ago, Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. Haiyan was the third major storm to affect the islands in as many years, each costi...

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