Natural Hazards Flashcards
(21 cards)
Primary Nepal
8841 dead 16800 injured 1 mum homeless Historic buildings dharahara tower destroyed 200 trapped 26 hospitals and 50% schools destroyed
Secondary Nepal
Triggered avalanche mt ev 19 died inc tourists and Nepal sherpas
Expected 8.9% Nepal GDP increase shrunk recovering
Rich seed storage in homes ruined by rubble
Income loss and food shortage
Nepal IR
dec raised $126 mil emergency aid and rebuild
Temporary shelters Red Cross provided 225,000 tents
UN WH .ORG medical supplies to worst aff districts
Facebook safety feature launched
Nepal LT R
Nepal gov, UN, EU, WBANK post disaster needs ass
23 areas rebuilding
$275 mil OCHA reported for recovery efforts
6 month recovery phase UN crop prod, growing seasons, irrigation channel repair
Laquila primary
308 killed
1500 injured
67,000 homeless
10-15K buildings collapsed inc medieval buildings and churches (national museum and Basicilica of Bernardino)
SAN Salvatore hospital severely damaged
Buildings in laquila uni destroyed inc fatalities in its student accommodation
Laquila secondary
Aftershocks triggered landslides and rockfalls bursting pipe near town of Paganinio
No. Students at uni decreased
House price increase as lack of housing
Laquila IR
Shelter 10k 40k tents
PM SILVIO BERLUSCONI shelters inc a few of his homes and train carriages
Red Cross 4 survivors 7 dog units and 36 ambulances
Red Cross raised £171,000 and water hot meals and tents distributed
Laquila LT R
Torch lit procession with catholic mass on anniversary
Residents did not pay taxes in 2010
Students given free public transport discounts and educational equipment and exempt of uni fees for 3 yrs
Historic centres took 15yrs to rebuild and homes several
Monitoring and prediction
Seismometers
Lasers
Small earthquakes
Escaping gas
Protection
Buildings designed to withstand (REINFORCED CONCRETE, spesh foundations to absorb e)
Existing buildings n bridges strengthened (pillars wrapped in steel frames)
Automatic shut off switches of supplies
Planning
Future developments designed to avoid areas most at risk from hazards Emergency services can train and prepare Educated Gov plan evacuation routes Emergency supplies stockpiled
Haiyan
313 km/hr winds
PRIMARY
6300 killed most storm surge 40k+ homes damaged/ flattened Over 600K displaced 90% tacloban destroyed 30k fishing boats destroyed Tacloban airport badly damaged inc power lines
Haiyan SECONDARY
6 mil lost source of income with 14mil affected
Many homeless
Flooding caused landslides and blocked roads cutting off aid to remote communities
Shortages of W F SHELTER aff many and outbreaks of disease
Haiyan I R
International gov agencies gave food aid water and temp shelters
US AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE WASHINGTON and helicopters assist search and rescue and delivery of aid
1200+ Evac centres to help homeless
French Belgian Israeli hospitals set up to help injured
Haiyan LT R
UN financial aid supplies and medical support
Rebuilding of roads airports and medical facilities
Oxfam provides fishing boats (vital source of inc)
Cash for work programmes ppl paid to rebuild debris nd rebuild city
Somerset floods causes
Series of depressions driven across Atlantic
350mm rain fell in jan and feb (100mm more than normal)
High tides and storm surges hit coast
Rivers not dredged 20+ years so clogged w sediment
Somerset social impacts
600+ houses flooded
16 farms evacuated
Evacuate to temp accommodation for several months
Moorland village and others cut off affecting daily life eg work and school
Somerset economic impacts
Somerset council est cost of flood damage to be 10bil +
14K+ HA of agricultural land under water for 3-4 weeks
Over 1000 livestock evacuated
Somerset environmental impacts
Floodwaters heavily contaminated with sewage and other pollutants including oil and chemicals
Huge debris cleavage
Stagnant water had collected for months rexoxygenated before pumped to rivers
SOMERSET immediate
Travel by boats
Volunteers gave help
Somerset LT
20mik floodplan launched by council working w env agencies to reduce future risk of flooding
Roads raised to maintain communications and enable buisnesses to continue for future
River banks raised and strengthened
More pumping stations built
