Case Study - Natural Hazard Flashcards
Name the LEDC tropical storm case study
Cyclone Nargis, Burma
Name the MEDC tropical storm
Hurricane Katrina, USA
Name the LEDC earthquake
Haiti 2010
Name the MEDC earthquake
Christchurch, New Zealand, 2011
What were the primary impacts of Cyclone Nargis
140,000 killed 45,000 homes destroyed 1700 schools destroyed 200,000 farm animals killed 40% of food stores lost Rice fields were flooded
What were the secondary impacts of Cyclone Nargis?
3 million people homeless Millions lost their livelihoods 70+% households didn't have clean water - diseases Food shortage 1000's of temples destroyed
Why were the effects so bad in Cyclone Nargis?
The government didn’t warn people
Poor country - can’t predict/prepare
Not enough of emergency services and were ill equipped
Government refused to let aid in - aid workers weren’t allowed in until 3 weeks later
They depend on crops, when they were destroyed many died from starvation
Poor quality housing
No flood defences
What were the primary impacts of Hurricane Katrina?
1800 killed
300,000 homes destroyed
3 million with no electricity
What were the secondary impacts of Hurricane Katrina?
tens of thousands made homeless
230,000 jobs lost
Water supplies damaged and polluted with sewage, chemicals, dead bodies
Why were the impacts less for Hurricane Katrina than for Cyclone Nargis
USA has predicting systems
80% were evacuated before storm
Declared state of emergencies and stockpiled supplies
Emergency services rescued 50,000 people
Why did the USA government receive criticism after Hurricane Katrina?
Homeless families ended up in sports stadiums with terrible conditions
Tensions rose as people said the government didn’t care as it was mainly poor black people affected
Flood defences protecting New Orleans failed, causing major damage
What were the primary impacts of Haiti 2010?
220,000 killed
300,000 injured
1.3 million homeless
8 hospitals/health care centres badly damaged/destroyed
Main shipping port damaged- harder to get aid in
Roads blocked
What were the secondary impacts of Haiti 2010?
2 million+ with no food/water Looting Government/police buildings collapsed made it harder to control it Tourist industry majorly decreased Frequent power cuts Outbreaks of cholera Mass graves Dead bodies in streets caused more health problems
Why were the effects of Haiti so bad?
Poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
Measured 7.0 on the Richter scale
The focus was only 13km underground
The epicentre was only 25km from the capital Port-au-Prince, where many people and buildings are
Huge number of after shocks
What were some of the impacts of the New Zealand earthquake?
181 killed
Liquefaction- produced 400,000 tonnes of silt, land can’t be built on again
Roads/bridges damaged
Cars ect. crushed by falling debris
