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1
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When was the Haiti earthquake?

A

2010

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2
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How many people in Haiti lived on less than $1.20 a day?

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70%

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3
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H-What magnitude and where did it strike?

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7.0 mag

struck near the capital (Port au Prince)

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4
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H- How many deaths?

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250,000

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5
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H- How many affected?

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3 million

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6
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H- What percentage of buildings destroyed?

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70%

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H- how many jobs lost and why?

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1 in 5 jobs lost because of broken buildings

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H- cholera

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cholera broke out and by 2012, 8,000 dead

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H- How many prisoners escaped?

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4,000 prisoners escaped because a prison was damaged

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H- How many people became homeless and lived in refugee camps because of collapsed buildings?

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1.5 million

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H- How long did it take for response to arrive and why?

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2-3 days because roads were blocked and planning was poor.

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H- What did they do with the bodies?

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bulldozed into mass graves to stop the spread of disease

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13
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H- how much was given in aid?

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$13 million

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14
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H- What was the total cost?

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$10 billion

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15
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When was the Japan earthquake & tsunami?

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2011, March

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J- How prepared was japan?

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Japan where used to earthquake so people did not evacuate. They had 7m high tsunami walls- not high enough

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J- What magnitude?

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9.0 on the richter scale with over 120 aftershocks over magnitude 5.

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18
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J- What nuclear power plant was damaged an how many people where evacuated?

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Fukushima power plant. 70,000 evacuated

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J- How many people died?

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16,000

20
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J- How many injured?

A

6,000

21
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J- How many buildings damaged?

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1.2 million

22
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J- How high where the waves from the tsunami?

A

10m high

23
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J- What happened because of the FNPP?

A

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

24
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J- How many homeless because of collapsed buildings?

A

500,000-were in evacuation shelters within days

25
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J- What happened to Coco Cola?

A

made 1% less than expected

26
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J- What was the total cost?

A

$300 billion

27
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J- How much sent in aid?

A

$1 billion by Japan Red Cross

28
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J- How many buildings restored?

A

all of them

29
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When was Hurricane Katrina?

A

2005, August

30
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K- What category was the hurricane?

A

5

31
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K- What was the land like?

A

low lying land (2m below sea level)

32
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K- How many died?

A

1,800 dead

33
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K- How many jobs lost?

A

230,000 jobs lost

34
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K- How many homes destroyed?

A

275,000

35
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K- How many homeless?

A

1 million

36
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K- Who was evacuated?

A

70-80% evacuated (richest people)

37
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K- What was used as an evacuation centre?

A

the superdome

38
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K- How long did it take for water to arrive?

A

3 days

39
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K- How much money did the US gov give to rebuild?

A

$16 billion

40
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When was the Beast from the East?

A

2018

41
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B- How many died?

A

10 people died?

42
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B- How many schools closed?

A

100 schools?

43
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B- how many car collisions and gritters sent out for major roads?

A

8,000 collisions

500 gritters

44
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B- How much snow fell in one day?

A

50cm

45
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B- What caused the storm?

A

polar continental air mass met the tropical maritime mass (storm emma) leading to heavy snow

46
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B- How much money lost in a day?

A

$1 billion