10.Cyclone Winston 2016

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

Fiji 2016
Located in South Pacific, pop. 860,000
Strongest cyclone in recorded history
Classified as category 5, wind speeds of 145mph

Question 2

Primary impacts

Answer 2

350,000 people were significantly affected
Over 40,000 homes damaged or destroyed, 44 killed
Communication between lands lost for days
131,000 in need of immediate shelter
225 schools damaged or destroyed

Question 3

Secondary impacts

Answer 3

Homelessness and lack of shelter was a major problem
Food prices rose due to damaged inflicted to crops

Agricultural sector lost over $54 million

Question 4

Short term responses

Answer 4

Fiji government declared state of emergency
700 cyclone shelters opened and military forces put on alert
Public transport suspended
Relief aid received
Huge amount of waste and debris had to be cleared

Question 5

Long term responses

Answer 5

Fijian government supplied $9 million to over 40,000 families to help reconstruction
International support from AUS, NZ and FR under FRANZ agreement
Australia provided immediate support worth $3.6 mil and air support