Haiti Earthquake Flashcards
1
Q
What time + what did this mean
A
4.35pm - people at work / out and about/ going home / few hours of light
2
Q
Poorest country in..
A
Western Hemisphere
3
Q
How many live in poverty
A
4/5
4
Q
What on the Richter scale
A
7
5
Q
Aftershocks?
A
33 of magnitude 4.5+
6
Q
…… Of all buildings collapsed + examples
A
1/3- presidential palace, police station, hospital
7
Q
How many affected
A
3 million
8
Q
How many dead
A
316,000
9
Q
How amy homeless
A
300,000
10
Q
How many under 18
A
50%
11
Q
What occurred in camps 5 years later
A
Cholera
12
Q
23 Charities collected ….. But ….
A
$1.1 billion - only 2% released
13
Q
World bank
A
Waived $1.2 Bn debt
14
Q
Who helped
A
U.S. Army , France - medicines sans frontiers
15
Q
Happened what day?
A
Tuesday 12th January 2010
