Case Study-Hurricane Nargis

Question 1

Location of Formation

Answer 1

Bay of Bengal

Question 2

Date of Landfall

Answer 2

2nd May 2008

Question 3

Date of Dissipation

Answer 3

3rd May 2008

Question 4

Location of Landfall

Answer 4

Myanmar/Burma

Question 5

Category

Answer 5

4

Question 6

Highest Windspeed

Answer 6

215km/h

Question 7

Lowest Pressure

Answer 7

962 mb

Question 8

Fatalities

Answer 8

140 thousand

Question 9

Cost of Damage

Answer 9

10 Billion US dollars

Question 10

Storm surge (length and height)

Answer 10

40km inland, 8m high

Question 11

Buildings collapsed

Answer 11

75%

Question 12

Delta Underwater

Answer 12

95%

Question 13

Temples destroyed

Answer 13

Around 1,000

Question 14

Effect on rice harvest

Answer 14

65% of rice paddies destroyed

Question 15

Infrastructure destruction

Answer 15

75% of all hospitals

Question 16

Responses

Answer 16

Food, Medicine, Basic supplies

Question 17

Response time

Answer 17

Aid only reached the population after two weeks

Question 18

Percentage of population that received aid

Answer 18

25%

Question 19

Hindrance from the government

Answer 19

Refused western aid for 6 days

Question 20

Advanced warming

Answer 20

India had warned Burma 48 hours in advance but people on the ground were not informed

Question 21

Response from India

Answer 21

140 tonnes of tents blankets and medicine,

50 medical personnel set up two mini hospitals

Question 22

Response from Thailand

Answer 22

Sent 100,000 US dollars worth of supplies

Question 23

UK response

Answer 23

Gave 33.5 million US dollars and sent an international relief team

Question 24

US response

Answer 24

Sent 41 million US dollars

Question 25

Date of Formation

Answer 25

27th April 2008