Case studies Flashcards
When was the Haiti earthquake?
2010
How many people in Haiti lived on less than $1.20 a day?
70%
H-What magnitude and where did it strike?
7.0 mag
struck near the capital (Port au Prince)
H- How many deaths?
250,000
H- How many affected?
3 million
H- What percentage of buildings destroyed?
70%
H- how many jobs lost and why?
1 in 5 jobs lost because of broken buildings
H- cholera
cholera broke out and by 2012, 8,000 dead
H- How many prisoners escaped?
4,000 prisoners escaped because a prison was damaged
H- How many people became homeless and lived in refugee camps because of collapsed buildings?
1.5 million
H- How long did it take for response to arrive and why?
2-3 days because roads were blocked and planning was poor.
H- What did they do with the bodies?
bulldozed into mass graves to stop the spread of disease
H- how much was given in aid?
$13 million
H- What was the total cost?
$10 billion
When was the Japan earthquake & tsunami?
2011, March
J- How prepared was japan?
Japan where used to earthquake so people did not evacuate. They had 7m high tsunami walls- not high enough
J- What magnitude?
9.0 on the richter scale with over 120 aftershocks over magnitude 5.
J- What nuclear power plant was damaged an how many people where evacuated?
Fukushima power plant. 70,000 evacuated
J- How many people died?
16,000
J- How many injured?
6,000
J- How many buildings damaged?
1.2 million
J- How high where the waves from the tsunami?
10m high
J- What happened because of the FNPP?
It exploded multiple times and realised radioactive material into the air. There were dangerous levels in food stuffs grown within 50km of FNPP.
water supply unsafe to drink
J- How many homeless because of collapsed buildings?
500,000-were in evacuation shelters within days
J- What happened to Coco Cola?
made 1% less than expected
J- What was the total cost?
$300 billion
J- How much sent in aid?
$1 billion by Japan Red Cross
J- How many buildings restored?
all of them
When was Hurricane Katrina?
2005, August
K- What category was the hurricane?
5
K- What was the land like?
low lying land (2m below sea level)
K- How many died?
1,800 dead
K- How many jobs lost?
230,000 jobs lost
K- How many homes destroyed?
275,000
K- How many homeless?
1 million
K- Who was evacuated?
70-80% evacuated (richest people)
K- What was used as an evacuation centre?
the superdome
K- How long did it take for water to arrive?
3 days
K- How much money did the US gov give to rebuild?
$16 billion
When was the Beast from the East?
2018
B- How many died?
10 people died?
B- How many schools closed?
100 schools?
B- how many car collisions and gritters sent out for major roads?
8,000 collisions
500 gritters
B- How much snow fell in one day?
50cm
B- What caused the storm?
polar continental air mass met the tropical maritime mass (storm emma) leading to heavy snow
B- How much money lost in a day?
$1 billion