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    Tropical storms form over warm ocean waters, creating convection currents that cause rotating clouds. They originate between 50-300 latitude and are propelled westward by easterly winds. The extent of damage depends on storm size and speed, as well as dissipation rate and wind patterns. Forecasters can predict seasonal storm numbers and intensities using climate data like El Nino. During Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, over 6,300 lives were lost and $2.02 billion in damages occurred, slowing the Philippines' GDP growth that year by 1%. Rebuilding continued affecting the economy for years after. The Philippines spent over $529 million on rescue, relief and rehabilitation. The greatest loss was human lives that cannot

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    Tropical storms form over warm ocean waters, creating convection currents that cause rotating clouds. They originate between 50-300 latitude and are propelled westward by easterly winds. The extent of damage depends on storm size and speed, as well as dissipation rate and wind patterns. Forecasters can predict seasonal storm numbers and intensities using climate data like El Nino. During Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, over 6,300 lives were lost and $2.02 billion in damages occurred, slowing the Philippines' GDP growth that year by 1%. Rebuilding continued affecting the economy for years after. The Philippines spent over $529 million on rescue, relief and rehabilitation. The greatest loss was human lives that cannot

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    Tropical storms form over warm ocean waters, creating convection currents that cause rotating clouds. They originate between 50-300 latitude and are propelled westward by easterly winds. The extent of damage depends on storm size and speed, as well as dissipation rate and wind patterns. Forecasters can predict seasonal storm numbers and intensities using climate data like El Nino. During Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, over 6,300 lives were lost and $2.02 billion in damages occurred, slowing the Philippines' GDP growth that year by 1%. Rebuilding continued affecting the economy for years after. The Philippines spent over $529 million on rescue, relief and rehabilitation. The greatest loss was human lives that cannot

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    Tropical storms form over warm ocean waters, creating convection currents that cause rotating clouds. They originate between 50-300 latitude and are propelled westward by easterly winds. The extent of damage depends on storm size and speed, as well as dissipation rate and wind patterns. Forecasters can predict seasonal storm numbers and intensities using climate data like El Nino. During Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, over 6,300 lives were lost and $2.02 billion in damages occurred, slowing the Philippines' GDP growth that year by 1%. Rebuilding continued affecting the economy for years after. The Philippines spent over $529 million on rescue, relief and rehabilitation. The greatest loss was human lives that cannot

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    TROPICAL

    STORM

    By : Group 7
    Alex Pelegrino
    Aubrey Braga
    Mariano Marbella

    WHAT CAUSED THE DISASTER?


    According to the National Oceanographic and
    Atmospheric Administration, tropical storms form
    when warm, calm ocean waters create a
    convection current in the air above the surface. As
    the warm, moist air rises, it creates rotating
    clouds, forming the central structure of a tropical
    storm

    When warm air rises, it creates a zone of


    low pressure near the surface, drawing in
    winds from outside the storms center. As the
    air reaches cooler parts of the atmosphere,
    the water condenses out into clouds, and the
    air begins to sink again at the center of
    depression. This creates the circular currents
    that give the storm its rotation. As long as the
    system remains over warm, calm waters, it
    will continue to grow in strength.

    WHERE DO TROPICAL STORMS


    ORIGINATE?
    Tropical storms usually form between
    approximately 5and 30 latitude and move
    westward due to easterly winds.

    HOW EXTENSIVE WAS THE AREA


    AFFECTED?
    The area affected is relative to how big the
    storm is and how fast it is travelling. Other
    factors also affect the storm like how fast it
    dissipates or where it will go depending on the
    wind current.

    WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER


    FORECASTED OR PREDICTED? WERE
    THERE WARNINGS
    By looking at annual variations in various
    climate parameters, forecasters can make
    predictions about the overall number and
    intensity of tropical cyclones that will occur in
    a given season. For example, when constructing
    its seasonal outlooks, the Climate Prediction
    Center in the United States considers the
    effects of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, 25
    40 year tropical cyclone, wind shear over the
    oceans, and ocean surface temperature.

    HOW MANY LIVES WERE LOST? HOW MANY WERE


    INJURED AND MISSING? CAN THE LOSS OF LIVES BE
    QUANTIFIED IN TERMS OF PESO OR DOLLARS?

    The lives lost depends on how strong the


    storm is. During 2013, the Super Typhoon
    Yolanda took the lives of 6,300 people
    while 22,000 people were estimated to still
    be missing. In terms of peso or dollars, the
    damages caused by Yolanda amounted to
    2.02 Billion dollars.

    WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED


    THE LOSS OF MANY LIVES?
    The loss of many lives in the Philippines
    could have been prevented by building
    evacuation centers or places where the
    water could not reach the people. If only the
    centers were built then that would have
    changed the outcome of so many Filipino
    lives.

    WHAT WAS THE RESULTING DAMAGE AS A


    PERCENT OF GNP FOR THE YEAR THE
    DISASTER HAPPENED?
    Using Super Typhoon Yolanda as an example,
    the GNP of the Philippines during the year 2013
    was in an upswing for the past five years and
    expanded 7.6 percent in the first half. When
    Typhoon Yolanda barreled through the country,
    it went through some of the poorest regions of
    the country, sparing any significant damage.
    The affected areas account only to one
    percent. So the GNP of the Philippines might
    have roughly been lessened by one percent
    turning the 7.6 percent to a 6.6 percent

    DID THE DISASTER AFFECT THE COUNTRYS


    ECONOMY YEARS AFTER IT HAPPENED?
    HOW?
    Yes. As of now, June 2016, there are still
    people trying to rebuild their lives and what
    they have lost during the 2013 event. People
    are still finding jobs, trying to earn a living in
    a country where most of the politicians
    before were corrupt. The economy of the
    Philippines took some rough paths but is now
    only slowly going through good turns thanks
    to the support of many countries.

    HOW MUCH DID THE COUNTRY SPEND FOR


    RESCUE, RELIEF, AND REHABILITATION
    WORKS?
    The country spent about 529.283 Million
    pesos in order to rescue those trapped, give
    relief to those grieving for missing loved
    ones, and build better facilities in order to
    give aid to those in medical and spiritual
    need.

    WHAT PARTICULAR LOSS OR DAMAGE


    CANNOT BE RECOVERED OR
    REPAIRED?
    The particular loss or damage was something
    that monetary value could not replace. The lives
    lost during the 2013 event in the Philippines will
    forever haunt everyone affected. Lives cannot
    be bought because they are something that
    makes us truly enjoy being human. Those lives
    that perished will be remembered not as victims
    but as people who loved their families and
    fought to survive. They will be the ones who will
    make everyone of us strive to stop these events
    from happening to anyone else.

    HOW JUSTIFIED ARE PRE-DISASTER


    MEASURES AND EXPENDITURES?
    The Philippines pre-disaster measures
    include warning all civilians to evacuate to
    nearby centers or stay at home to avoid the
    incoming onslaught of events. They will also
    prepare emergency medical aid, emergency
    life boats to rescue anyone drowning, and
    helicopters to save those trapped on their
    roofs.

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