Case Study : Haiti, Port-au-Prince

Question 1

Where is Haiti located?

Answer 1

Located in the continent of North America and shared the island with the Dominican Republic.

Question 2

Background information on Haiti as a country.

Answer 2

Poorest country in the western hemisphere with a GDP of 767$ and a human development index ranking 169 out of 189 countries in 2019.
It is a multi-hazard zone on the Caribbean and North American conservative plate boundary.

Question 3

Background information of the 2010 earthquake and tsunami.

Answer 3

Earthquake caused by a slip along the fault close to the Port-au-Prince.
Offshore landslides set off a minor tsunami.

Question 4

What were the short term impacts of the earthquake / tsunami?

Answer 4

• Initial death toll stood at 220,000 but later rose.
• Over 300,000 people were injured, 1.6 million left homeless.
• Nearly 190.000 houses and other buildings were badly damaged
• Underwater landslides caused a 3m high tsunami, killing three people.
• Estimated damage to Haiti’s economy was $8.5 billion.

Question 5

What were the long term impacts of the earthquake / tsunami?

Answer 5

• In 2015, 5 years later, Haiti was still recovering from the event.
• Over 1.5 million people were still living in refugee camps seven years after the earthquakes.

Question 6

Background information of the 2016 Hurricane Matthew.

Answer 6

Hurricane Matthew began to form in September 2016 over the mid-Atlantic ocean, where it formed into a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The hurricane winds reached speeds of just over 260 kph.

Question 7

What were the impacts of Hurricane Matthew?

Answer 7

• Around 1.3 billion dollars of damage was caused to Haiti, economic
• 1,600 Haitians were killed, social
• 140,000 people were made homeless, social
• Contamination of water supplies caused cholera outbreak, social and political.