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Case Study-Hurricane Nargis Flashcards

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1
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Location of Formation

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Bay of Bengal

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Date of Landfall

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2nd May 2008

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Date of Dissipation

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3rd May 2008

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Location of Landfall

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Myanmar/Burma

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Category

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4

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Highest Windspeed

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215km/h

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Lowest Pressure

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962 mb

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Fatalities

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140 thousand

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Cost of Damage

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10 Billion US dollars

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Storm surge (length and height)

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40km inland, 8m high

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Buildings collapsed

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75%

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Delta Underwater

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95%

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Temples destroyed

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Around 1,000

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Effect on rice harvest

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65% of rice paddies destroyed

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Infrastructure destruction

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75% of all hospitals

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Responses

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Food, Medicine, Basic supplies

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Response time

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Aid only reached the population after two weeks

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Percentage of population that received aid

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25%

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Hindrance from the government

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Refused western aid for 6 days

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Advanced warming

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

21
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Response from India

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140 tonnes of tents blankets and medicine,

50 medical personnel set up two mini hospitals

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Response from Thailand

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Sent 100,000 US dollars worth of supplies

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UK response

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Gave 33.5 million US dollars and sent an international relief team

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US response

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Sent 41 million US dollars

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Date of Formation

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27th April 2008

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