Typhoon Hagupit, known locally as Typhoon Ruby, first landed at Eastern Samar on Saturday and moved slowly across the country, bringing strong winds (200 kph (125 mph) winds and unloading at least 40 cm (16 in) of rain over coastal areas.At least 21 people in the Philippines were killed before Typhoon Hagupit weakened into a tropical storm Monday. The storm forced more than one million people out of their homes and into shelters. Almost exactly one year ago, the Philippine archipelago was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, rated as probably the strongest typhoon ever to strike the Philippines. Lessons from past typhoons clearly demonstrate that people who have timely early warning in conjunction with a community evacuation plan that facilitates getting out of harm’s way from the risks associated with storm surge, high winds, flooding, and landslides will survive. Damaged hospitals and medical facilities combined with lack of clean drinking water, food, and medicine, and high levels of morbidity and mortality will quickly overrun the local community’s capacity for emergency health care.

1. TYPHOON HAGUPIT STRIKES THE
PHILIPPINES
December 6-8, 2014

2. Typhoon Hagupit made a
painfully slow landfall at 11
kph (7 mph) in the Philippines
on Saturday, lashing the island
of Samar with 200 kph (125
mph) winds and unloading at
least 40 cm (16 in) of rain over
coastal areas.

3. Typhoon Hagupit, known
locally asTyphoon Ruby, first
landed at Eastern Samar on
Saturday and moved slowly
across the country, bringing
heavy rains and strong winds.

4. 3 DAYS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL

5. TYPHOON HAGUPIT:
DECEMBER 7, 2014

6. At least 21 people in the
Philippines were killed before
Typhoon Hagupit weakened
into a tropical storm Monday.
The storm forced more than
one million people out of their
homes and into shelters.

7. REMEMBERING SOME OF
THE LESSONS FROM
2013’S TYPHOON
DISASTERS

8. SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN
DEVASTATES THE PHILIPPINES;
NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013

9. HAIYAN REACHED THE
PHILIPPINES: FRIDAY, NOV. 8

10. LANDFALL ON FRIDAY
MORNING, NOV. 8

11. WIND AND WATER
PENETRATE BUILDING
ENVELOPE
TYPHOONS
UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM
FLYING DEBRIS PENETRATES
WINDOWS
STORM SURGE
HEAVY PRECIPITATION
FLASH FLOODING
(MUDFLOWS)
LANDSLIDES (MUDFLOWS)
CAUSES
OF RISK
CASE HISTORIES

12. HAIYAN: A SUPER TYPHOON

13. RATED AS PROBABLY THE
STRONGEST TYPHOON
EVER TO STRIKE THE
PHILIPPINES

14. FOUR HOURS OF FEAR AND
DESTRUCTION
• Winds flattened hundreds of homes.
• Heavy rainfall triggered mudslides and
flash flooding.
• A storm surge with waves of up to 10 m
(30 feet) destroyed everything,
sweeping people away and drowning
thousands.

15. SURVIVOR STORIES
• Survivors of the storm
described towering waves that
swept away all but the most
robust engineered structures.

16. STORM SURGE

17. AN AERIAL VIEW
• It was like a tsunami," Interior Secretary
Manuel Roxas told Reuters.
• "From a helicopter, you can see the
extent of devastation. From the shore
and moving a kilometer inland, there
are no structures standing.

18. TACLOBAN (ON LEYTE
ISLAND) HIT THE HARDEST

19. DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

20. DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

21. DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

22. DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

23. DESTRUCTION AND DEATH
EVERYWHERE

24. DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE

25. TACLOBAN AIRPORT

26. ADVANCE EVACUATIONS
• 800,000 people were evacuated
to emergency shelters.

27. AN EVACUATION CENTER

28. INITIAL IMPACTS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• Wide spread flooding,
mudslides, and power outages
• Winds of 380 kph (290 mph)
• TACLOBAN hit very hard by the
storm surge with many deaths
• Tacloban’s airport destroyed

29. INITIAL IMPACTS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• Loss of communication
• An estimated 10,000 people
dead
• Economic losses in the billions

30. URGENT SURVIVOR NEEDS
• Survivors were in desperate need of
clean drinking water and food
• Survivors were temporarily cut off from
aid, and from their families in the
Philippines as well as in other
countries (e.g., 3 million in the USA)

31. USA MILITARY FORCES
DISPATCHED TO ASSIST IN
WHAT BECAME A HISTORIC
RELIEF EFFORT

32. HAIYAN MOVED TOWARDS
VIETNAM AND CHINA: SAT., NOV 9

33. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
HAVE HAD MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN
VITAL LESSONS
FROM PAST TYPHOONS OF ALL
SIZES MAKING LANDFALL THERE

34. LESSON: THE TIMING OF
ANTICIPATORY ACTIONS IS VITAL
• The people who know: 1) what to
expect (e.g., high-velocity winds,
rain, flash floods, landslides, and
storm surge), 2) where and when it
will happen, and 3) what they
should (and should not) do to
prepare will survive.

35. Search and Rescue and Relief
Efforts Were Hampered by
Landslides and Damaged Road
Systems
LESSON: All Kinds of Things Will go
Wrong During the Emergency Response
Period When the Uncontrollable and
Unthinkable Happen.

36. LESSON: TIMELY EARLY WARNING
AND EVACUATION SAVES LIVES
• The people who have timely early
warning in conjunction with a
community evacuation plan that
facilitates getting out of harm’s way
from the risks associated with
storm surge, high winds, flooding,
and landslides will survive.

37. LESSON: EMERGENCY MEDICAL
PREPAREDNESS SAVES LIVES
• Damaged hospitals and medical
facilities combined with lack of
clean drinking water, food, and
medicine, and high levels of
morbidity and mortality will quickly
overrun the local community’s
capacity for emergency health care.

38. LESSON: WIND ENGINEERED
BUILDINGS SAVE LIVES
• Buildings engineered to withstand
the risks from a typhoon’s high
velocity winds will maintain their
function and protect occupants and
users from death and injury.

39. LESSON: EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SAVES LIVES
• The “Uncontrollable and
Unthinkable” events will always
hinder the timing of emergency
response operations.

40. LESSON: THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY ALWAYS PROVIDES AID
• The International Community
provides millions to billions of
dollars in relief to most nations to
help “pick up the pieces, ” but this
strategy is not enough by itself to
ensure disaster resilience.

41. TYPHOON DISASTER RESILIENCE
POLICIES AND MEASURES ARE
NEEDED BY MANY NATIONS
Preparedness
Adoption and Implementation of a Modern Wind
Engineering Building Code
Time,y Early Warning and Evacuation
Timely Emergency Response (including
Emergency Medical Services)
Cost-Effective Recovery

42. PAST TYPHOON SEASONS

43. SEVEN PAST DEADLY
TYPHOONS
• SUPER TYPHOON MEGI (OCT. 2010)--
.—11 DEATHS
• TYPHOON DURIAN (2006); 400 DEATHS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
• TROPICAL STORM THELMA (1991);
1,000’S DEAD IN THE PHILIPPINES
• TYPHOON TIP (JULY- AUGUST, 1975) –
100 DEATHS IN CHINA

44. SEVEN DEADLY TYPHOONS
(Continued)
• TYPHOON NINA (JULY - AUGUST,
1922)—100,000 DEATHS IN CHINA
• TYPHOON SWATOW (SEPT. 1881)--
60,000 DEATHS IN VIETNAM
• TYPHOON HAIPONG –300,000
DEATHS AND THOUSANDS OF SEA
VESSELS DESTROYED IN GULF OF
TONKIN

45. SUPER TYPHOON ROKE
IMPACTED JAPAN: SEPT. 2011

46. SUPER TYPHOON ROKE
SEPT. 2011

47. TYPHOON MEGI:
TAIWAN; OCT. 2010

48. TYPHOON MEGI:
THE PHILIPPINES; OCT. 2010

49. PARMA IMPACTED THE
PHILIPPINEW: OCT. 2009

50. TYPHOON PARMA: THE
PHILIPPINES; OCT. 2009

51. TYPHOON FENGSHEN IMPACTS
THE PHILIPPINES: JUNE 2008

52. TYPHOON FENGSHEN:
THE PHILIPPINES; JUNE, 2008

53. TYPHOON MELOR: OCT., 2007

54. TYPHOON MINDULLE : 2003