The people of the Philippines brace themselves for the world’s strongest storm this year, Mangkhut.

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The people of the Philippines brace themselves for the world’s strongest storm this year, Mangkhut.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45517803 

Hidden Threats of Hurricanes

While the Philippines braces for the worst ahead of Super Typhoon Mankhut, a massive storm the BBC says threatens more than 5 million, Hurricane Florence’s assault on the US East Coast is underway.

Weaker than Mangkhut, but still deadly, Florence pushed in a storm surge 10 feet high in places and unleashed flash floods before even making landfall. Chest-high flooding prompted about 150 residents of New Bern to call for rescue last night, CNN reported. Though downgraded to a Category 1, with its prolonged storm surge Florence is really more like a Category 5 Vox explained, citing the Weather Channel (and supplying a video illustrating vividly why storm surges are so deadly).

Flooding unleashes another public health threat for North Carolina, home to a large number of hog farms, according to CNN. Animal waste “lagoons,” essentially open-air pits, threaten to contaminate the groundwater if flooded.

Related: 

Hurricane Florence: North Carolina fears possible environmental disaster – The Guardian

What will happen when Hurricane Florence hits North Carolina’s massive pig manure lagoons? – Quartz

For your Assignment:

1.  Research and summarize for the class an example of a natural disaster that affected the public health of a specific population.  Be certain to include the following:

What was it?

When did it happen?

Where did it happen?

Who was affected?  And to what extent?

How effective was the preparedness, response, and recovery?  Or perhaps it is still not full recovered?

What do you feel was handled well or not so well in the communication of this event?

What can we as global health practitioners learn from the event, if anything?