Gelic padlet by angelica costimiano

Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, which devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, on November 8, 2013It is the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record, killing at least 6,300 people in that country alone. Haiyan is also the strongest storm recorded at landfall. In January 2014, bodies were still being found. The thirtieth named storm of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season, Haiyan originated from an area of low pressure several hundred kilometers east-southeast of Pohnpeiin the Federated States of Micronesia on November 2, 2013. Tracking generally westward, environmental conditions favored tropical cyclogenesis and the system developed into a tropical depression the following day. After becoming a tropical storm and attaining the name Haiyan at UTC on November 4, the system began a period of rapid intensification that brought it to typhoon intensity by 1800 UTC on November 5. By November 6, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) assessed the system as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale; the storm passed over the island of Kayangel in Palau shortly after attaining this strength.

Recent storms in Philippines history gave birth to the People finder database powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda, the people finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives. This proved to be successful and is now adapted by more organizations to help people track relatives during calamities.

ICT helps in connection people even when calamities occur.

This person finder is order to help those people who has any relatives, friends, or any acquaintances that has been affected by the typhoon Yolanda. It keeps records of all the people who have been affected by the typhoon. If you are looking for someone, they will search their entire database and will look for the person you are finding; they will search if they have any specific information about the person. You can also post if you have any information with someone who is affected by the typhoon.

This is an example of how ICT is indeed became a big help during the typhoon. It made communication with people who are far away a lot easier through the help of technology. ICT helped also by giving information about someone, you can find them if they are safe.

During and after the typhoon ICT gives us strong information and communication which is a very important to us especially during this kind of situations.

REFERENCES

http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/

https://google.org/personfinder/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan

]]>