What you need to know:
Typhoon Haiyan vs Hurricane Katrina...
A table to record your research into (you can use this blank table for revision!)
Hurricane Katrina
watch the weather channel and NBC news and National Geographic does a good overview - 5 minutes!
Hurricane Katrina 2005 - animation , a timeline, lots of links to impacts and here
Map the Track of Katrina - map to help
Use this site for an in depth case study of Hurricane Katrina. Consider not only the causes, immediate and longer term impacts and long and short term responses but also the vulnerability of the population and it's capacity to cope.
the Met office guide to Hurricane Katrina
The USA's National Hurricane Center
PREPARING - The USA's National Hurricane Centre and visit FEMA's website and summarise their advice to the general public. New York City's plans
Typhoon Haiyan
The day it made landfall Sky news
DOCUMENTARY - good for causes and effects
Sky News 1 week on
a summary document with links to help with research
- BBC pages: Nov 2013 = the 25th tropical storm to enter Philippine territory this year and reports suggest there have been sustained winds of some 320 km/h (199mph) with gusts of up to 378 km/h (235mph).
A summary of numbers
A detailed briefing paper from Oxfam
A year on - before and after
A wide collection of articles from Haiyan - http://www.pearltrees.com/robgeog/typhoon-haiyan-case-study-2013/id9774018#item95192224/l435
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