Haiti Flashcards
1
Q
Date
A
12ty January
2
Q
Time
A
4:53pm
3
Q
Location
type of country
Scale
A
Port au price Haiti
LEDC
7.0
4
Q
Causes
A
Conservative plate boundary
North American and Caribbean slide past each other 2cm per year
Focus 10km underground
5
Q
Human effects
A
230,000 dead 300,000 injured Hospitals full-disease Food and water shortages Looting
6
Q
Physical effects
A
Infrastructure ruined
Houses, including Presidential Palace and UN buildings, destroyed
Airports congested port closed
7
Q
Response
Rescue
A
ISA sent 10,000 troops
UK sent die,en with sniffer dogs
8
Q
Response
Aid
A
£165million raised
Tents food and bottled water came
But all VERY slow to come
9
Q
Response
Repair
A
Better built houses but slow to come
