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Field survey report and satellite image interpretation of the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines |
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E. Mas, J. Bricker, S. Kure, B. Adriano, C. Yi, A. Suppasri, S. Koshimura |
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Englisch
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1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences ; 15, no. 4 ; Nr. 15, no. 4 (2015-04-10), S.805-816 |
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250119420
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-15-805-2015.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Three weeks after the deadly Bohol earthquake of Mw
7.2, which claimed at least 222 victims, another disaster struck the
Philippines. This time, Super Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Typhoon Yolanda
in the Philippines, devastated the Eastern Visayas islands on
8 November 2013. Its classification as a super typhoon was based on its
maximum sustained 1 min surface wind speed of 315 km h−1, which
is equivalent to a strong Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale.
This was one of the deadliest typhoon events in the Philippines' history,
after the 1897 and 1912 tropical cyclones. At least 6268 individuals have
been reported dead and 1061 people are missing. In addition, a wide area of
destruction was observed in the Eastern Visayas, on Samar and Leyte islands.
The International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku
University in Sendai, Japan, has deployed several teams for damage
recognition, relief support and collaboration with regard to this disaster
event. One of the teams, the hazard and damage evaluation team, visited the
affected areas in the Eastern Visayas in mid-January 2014. In this paper, we
summarize the rapid damage assessment from satellite imagery conducted days
after the event and report on the inundation measurements and the damage
surveyed in the field. Damage interpretation results by satellite images were
qualitatively confirmed for the Tacloban city area on Leyte Island, the most
populated city in the Eastern Visayas. During the survey, significant damage
was observed from wind and storm surges on poorly designed housing on the
east coast of Leyte Island. Damage, mainly from surface waves and winds, was
observed on the east coast of Samar Island. |
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