However, the epidemic COVID-19 in the Philippines, which recorded more than 11 thousand cases and seven more deaths from the effects of coronavirus, very difficult to evacuate due to social distancing. Usually people take refuge in schools and gymnasiums, however, these premises are not designed for maintaining the distance with such a large number of people. Plus, each Typhoon caused significant damage to the economy, already affected by the pandemic.
During the Typhoon season (which is due to climate change every year it becomes longer and longer) passes through the Philippines an average of 20 tropical storms.
Summer in the Northern hemisphere is the season of natural disasters, such as typhoons in the Pacific and hurricanes in the Atlantic, and tornadoes (mostly in North America), forest fires, heavy rains and droughts. And judging by previous years, the coming summer will bring a lot of surprises. So, the Tropical meteorology project of Colorado state University predicts that this year the hurricanes will be more. In particular, scientists expect, starting from 1 June, four large tropical storm with wind speed of 179 km/h or even more (usually such a strong wind it happens 2-3 times per season). And at least one of these storms, with a 70 percent probability it will hit the Atlantic coast of the United States.
As the experts warn, in the world there are many evacuation plans, but they aren’t designed that to escape from the elements will have during epidemics. Plus the refugees themselves are afraid of each other for fear of becoming infected. A good example was the evacuation on April 12-13, a few southern United States due to tornadoes. Then one family was not allowed to shelter in Crossville, Alabama, because they did not have a sufficient number of masks.
the prestigious us publication the Atlantic quoted a climatologist Daniel Swain, University of California, which suggests that if the United States now will succeed in preventing infection, the peak of coronavirus may be in America at the end of the summer. In this time of high season storms, and there is a large number of forest fires.
the Situation is complicated by the fact that if before other countries, as a rule, provided assistance to affected States, even if relations between them were not so good, but now, when the economy everywhere is suffering from the effects of the pandemic, there is concern that everyone will cope with difficulties alone.
lower incomes – is another danger. If in developed countries the majority of people used to be able to evacuate to a safe place on their own, without waiting for their take out, in recession economy, many may not have the funds.
Over the past decade was severalonly cases where natural disasters lead to epidemics. This pneumonia, called “tsunami lung” that arose when people in South Asia affected by the 2004 tsunami, breathed in the salt water with bacteria that can cause pneumonia. Usually these diseases are treated with antibiotics, but in the tsunami-affected areas, particularly in the Indonesian province of Aceh, it was not in sufficient quantity. In 2010, Haiti’s devastating earthquake followed by the cholera outbreak.
Similar examples already there and now. So, according to the report by scientists from the University of Melbourne, published in the scientific portal Phys.org after an earthquake measuring 5.3 points occurred in the area of the Croatian Zagreb at the end of March, in the days that followed there was an increase in the incidence of coronavirus because of the violation of insulation measures.
In connection with the threats posed to the Northern hemisphere approaching summer, experts recommend to governments to urgently develop new plans for emergency response given the risk of infection with coronavirus and try to prepare the infrastructure, to minimize the effects of “double impact”.
