Hazardous Earth: Tropical Cyclones Case Studies Flashcards
What % of New Orleans was flooded?
80%
How many businesses closed down/went bankrupt?
2,400 businesses in New Orleans closed down or went bankrupt between 2005 and 2006.
Describe the effect of the hurricane on the environment.
Coastal habitats (e.g. sea turtle breeding beaches) were damaged.
How many houses were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina?
300,000.
How many buses were requested and how many were sent?
What were these for?
700, 100, to evacuate people due to Hurricane Katrina.
What were called in New Orleans (in Louisiana) & Mississippi?
States of emergency.
How much money was provided by the US government in aid after Hurricane Katrina?
Over $60 billion.
After Hurricane Katrina, US governments spent how much money on repairing and improving New Orleans’ flood defences?
$20 billion.
How many people died in Hurricane Katrina?
Over 1,800.
How many people left New Orleans forever?
Over 200,000.
What % of people living in New Orleans were evacuated before the hurricane struck the city?
Where did the remaining people go to?
80%.
The Superdome stadium.
Compare the economic cost of Hurricane Katrina and Typhoon Haiyan.
Hurricane Katrina - $100 billion
Typhoon Haiyan - $3 billion
Give 2 ways the Philippines prepared for Typhoon Haiyan?
Japan helped track the typhoon.
Areas at risk of flood & landslide were evacuated.
Give 2 ways the Philippines responded to Typhoon Haiyan.
Evacuation effects wer efocussed on Tacloban city - other areas fekt abandoned as aid reached them even more slowly.
Give 2 effects of Typhoon Haiyan.
- No clean water was available; seaswater contaminated water supplies.
- Damaged airports and roads, hampering rescue efforts.
