Hazards

Question 1

MEDC volcanic eruption
Eyjafjallajokull
Iceland

Answer 1

2010

1. No deaths
2. Ash flume rose 5km
3. 1,000 flights cancelled

Question 2

LIC earthquake
Haiti
Pacific Ocean

Answer 2

2010

1. Over 230,000 died
2. 7.0 magnitude
3. 200,000 received cash for food and public work

Question 3

LIC Tropical storm
Typhoon Haiyan
Philippines

Answer 3

2013
Super Typhoon- most powerful to ever hit land
Previously recovering from an earthquake
1. At least 2,200 killed
2. Coconut plantations flattened- big source of foreign currency
3. High energy biscuits flown in to Tacloban airport but lacked vehicles and petrol to distribute them

Question 4

HIC tropical storm
Hurricane Irma
Florida and Caribbean

Answer 4

2017 
Made landfall as category 4 
1. 72 died in Florida alone 
2. 6 million Floridians without power
3. 6 million evacuated ahead of storm

Question 5

Wildfire
Tubbs wildfire
California

Answer 5

2017

1. At least 42 died
2. Almost 8,000 firefighters deployed