Haiti Earthquake Flashcards

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1
Q

What time + what did this mean

A

4.35pm - people at work / out and about/ going home / few hours of light

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2
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Poorest country in..

A

Western Hemisphere

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3
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How many live in poverty

A

4/5

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4
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What on the Richter scale

A

7

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5
Q

Aftershocks?

A

33 of magnitude 4.5+

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6
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…… Of all buildings collapsed + examples

A

1/3- presidential palace, police station, hospital

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7
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How many affected

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3 million

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8
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How many dead

A

316,000

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9
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How amy homeless

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300,000

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10
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How many under 18

A

50%

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11
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What occurred in camps 5 years later

A

Cholera

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12
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23 Charities collected ….. But ….

A

$1.1 billion - only 2% released

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13
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World bank

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Waived $1.2 Bn debt

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14
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Who helped

A

U.S. Army , France - medicines sans frontiers

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15
Q

Happened what day?

A

Tuesday 12th January 2010

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