Boxing Day- Tsunami Flashcards
Where did the earthquake occur that caused the tsunami?
Indian Ocean, off the West coast of Sumatra
What year did the tsunami happen?
2004
What did the earthquake measure on the Richter scale?
9.1
How high were the waves of the tsunami?
Up to 30m
List 3 affected countries
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia
Social Primary Impacts: How many people were killed or went missing?
230,000 people
Social Primary Impacts: How many people lost their homes?
Over 1.7 million
Social Primary Impacts: Why did so many people lose their homes?
As whole towns and villages were destroyed
Social Primary Impacts: How many needed emergency food, water and medical supplies?
5-6 million
Economic Primary Impacts: Give examples of infrastructure that was severely damaged by many countries
Roads, water pipes, electricity lines
Economic Primary Impacts: How much of Sri Lanka’s fishing industry was destroyed?
60%
Economic Primary Impacts: What happened to ports?
They were ruined
Environmental Primary Impacts: How many litres of oil leaked into the ocean?
8 million litres
Environmental Primary Impacts: What did so much oil leaking into the oceans cause?
Habitats for sea life destroyed, injured sea life too
Social Secondary Impacts: With so many left homeless and living in cramped conditions, what type of threat increased?
Threats of disease
Economic Secondary Impacts: What happened to Sri Lanka’s fishing industry?
It was completely devastated
Economic Secondary Impacts: How much did it cost to repair infrastructure?
Billions of dollars
Environmental Secondary Impacts: What was farmland ruined by?
Salt water- meaning that the farming industry was devastated
Environmental Secondary Impacts: What did the oil destroy?
Entire ecosystems
Environmental Primary Impacts: What happened to crops?
They were destroyed
Short-term Responses: Why were medical kits sent to affected areas?
To treat the injured, and try to stop disease spreading
Short-term Responses: Why were lessons on hygiene given in shelters?
To try to prevent disease spreading through shelters
Short-term Responses: Why were pop up delivery wards set up?
So that pregnant women could give birth safely
Short-term Responses: Who pledged hundreds of millions of pounds in aid?
Foreign governments, charities, businesses, individuals
Short-term Responses: What did some foreign countries send over?
Ships, planes, soldiers and specialists
Short-term Responses: Why were ships, planes, soldiers and specialists sent over?
To help rescue people, to clear up, to distribute food and water
Long-term Responses: What has been put in place in the Indian Ocean?
A Tsunami Warning System
Long-term Responses: Why is a tsunami warning system good?
As it will give people time to get to high land in the future
Long-term Responses: What has been restored along coastlines (such as Sri Lanka)?
Mangroves
Long-term Responses: Why have mangroves been restored?
Breeding ground for fish, they take a large amount of the tsunamis energy
Long-term Responses: What are they rebuilding?
Homes
Long-term Responses: What are people being helped to do?
Get back to work
Long-term Responses: Why have disaster management plans been put in place in some countries?
So that people know what to do if it happens again
