AQA GCSE Geography 8035
Climate Change
Coastal Landscapes in the UKUK landscape option
Cold EnvironmentsLiving world option
Ecosystems
EnergyResource option
FoodResource option
Geographical Applications: Fieldwork Enquiry
Geographical Skills
Glacial Landscapes in the UKUK landscape option
Hot DesertsLiving world option
Resource Management
River Landscapes in the UKUK landscape option
Tectonic Hazards
The Changing Economic World
Tropical Rainforests
UK Physical Landscapes
Urban Issues and Challenges
WaterResource option
Weather Hazards
Weather Hazards
The effects of and responses to tropical storms
- 3 things to know
- Paper 1
Overview
Primary and secondary effects of tropical storms, immediate and long-term responses, and Typhoon Haiyan in 2013: its storm surge in Tacloban, its deaths and displacement, the relief effort and rebuilding in the Philippines.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What is meant by a secondary effect of a tropical storm?
Give three primary effects of a tropical storm on people and property.
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is meant by a primary effect of a tropical storm?
Model answer
Damage caused directly by the storm itself, such as people killed or injured, buildings wrecked by wind and land flooded by the surge.
- 2
What is meant by a secondary effect of a tropical storm?
Model answer
A later consequence that follows on from the primary damage, such as disease spreading through contaminated water or people losing their jobs.
- 3
Give three primary effects on people and property.
Model answer
Deaths and injuries, homes and public buildings destroyed by wind and floodwater, and electricity and water supplies cut off.
- 4
Give three secondary effects that follow a severe storm.
Model answer
Shortages of food and clean water, outbreaks of waterborne disease such as cholera, and lost income where crops, tourism and industry have been ruined.
- 5
What is meant by an immediate response?
Model answer
Action taken during the storm or in the hours and days straight after it, aimed at saving lives and meeting urgent needs.
- 6
Give three immediate responses made after a storm strikes.
Model answer
Evacuating people from the danger zone, searching for and rescuing the trapped, and setting up shelters with emergency food, water and medical care.
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