Cyclone Nargis Flashcards
1
Q
Where did cyclone Nargis hit?
A
Myanmar
It passed over the Irrawaddy swamps
Caused mass flooding and isolated the capital on a hill
Hit make shift houses in vulnerable areas
2
Q
What were the short term impacts of Nargis (11)?
A
- The government couldn’t get aid to people because they were surrounded by water
- $10 billion in damage
- All power lost
- Capital isolated which shut down the economy
- 2.4 million people severely effected
- Cities like Bassein and Pegu flooded
- No sanitation or clean water supplies
- Trees across roads so emergency services struggled to get around
- 102 000 killed but Burmese government only said 22 000
- 220 000 reported missing
- 190 kmph winds
3
Q
What were the long term impacts of Nargis(4)?
A
- Food shortage as their main farming area was flooded
- Psychological impacts as no funerals so spirit haunts where they died according to folklore
- Homelessness
- 75% of buildings collapsed
but on the delta 95% collapsed
4
Q
What are the short term responses to Nargis(8)?
A
- Charity of Buddhist monks
- Temple used as an orphanage
- 5 areas of Myanmar were disaster zones
- Government didn’t let in aid
- Military Junta gave a slow response to a request to not need a visa to allow NGOs into the country (visas take weeks to get)
- Myanmar chucked out BBC reporter
- Supplies allowed in after 10 days
- US$41 169 769 donated by US to relief effort
5
Q
What were the long term responses to Nargis(2)?
A
No investment into anything to do with preparation or forecasting
There was a rehousing effort but it was only really focused on the capital (Rangoon) so they don’t look destroyed to other countries
