Haiti Earthquake Flashcards
(8 cards)
Why was property levels a problem
Property levels were already a problem with people. (80% of the population) lived on less than 1 pound a day(85p) after the earthquake struck. This ignited lootimg and stealing from abandoned buildings
How did lack of food and water lead to cholera
Left without food and water-> frequent power cuts-> hospitals couldnt help-> people moved imto tents and temporary shelters-> choler spread since people were drinking dirty water
Over 2 million haitians were left without food and water. There were frequent power cuts. This produced difficulties for hospitals to help people. Which caused people to move into tents and temporary shelters. Disease like cholera spread like wildfife since people were drinking dirty water
Why was Haiti earthquake a severe catastrophe ( how many houses were damaged and stufd
The haiti earthquake was a severe catrasphophe. 100,000 houses were destroyed and 200,000 were damaged in port au prince
Why is haiti only having 1 port bad
Haiti has only 1 main port and it was damaged in the earthquake. The rescue teams were delayed and water and food had taken days to arrive.
Name some facts about the haiti earthquake
- houses and how many were damaged,
-how many ports
- how many killed
How many were left without food and water
How much money was each people living on
-The cheap buildings (buildings collapsing on people)
- police force and government collapsing
100,000 houses destroyed, 200,000 damaged
1 port - rescue teams were delayed, food and water took days to arrive
220,000 were killed and 300,000 were injured
2,000,000 were left without food and water- frequent power cuts made difficulties for hospitals to help people. People had to move into tents and temporary shelters and the lack of clean water available ignited the spread of cholera,
People lived on less than 1 pound a day(85p)
-Haitis government spent very little money on the buildings. They were not built and made to resist the effect of earthquakes
- the police force and government buildings collapsed alongside th eearthquake making looting more common from abandoned buildings/ people and harder for the government to recover.
Why were the buildings a problem
The country of Haiti was not prepared for the devastating 7.0 earthquake that struck its capital city
-built on slopes without proper foundations
-insufficient steel
-improper building practices
Why was looting common
(Police force and government buildings)
Upon the event of the earthquake, the polic force collapsed. As a result , this ignited looting and stealijg from abandoned buildings and people.
Government buildings had collpased making it harder for the government to recover and control haitis situation
Why was the earthquake hitting Port au prince, the capital not good
The earthquake struck the capital, Port au prince, the most densely packed area resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths. This caused massive displacement of people and chaos spread.
