hazards Flashcards
Japan
year,mag.,Plates,effects,
initial impacts + secondary - deaths, damages-extra
responses-primary+secobdary
2011-mag.9-pacifc subducted under eurasian
- tsunami-
10m high waves-15,000 died-90% drowned+150bn damages-liquefaction in cultural centres-
Fukushima meltdown-200k children thyroid issues+30km exclusion zone
4 ports closed-sony+toyota -stock
saltwater
market crash
responses-
jmsa-warnings+tsunami warnings 3 minutes after
larger sea walls-14m instead of 8m
red cross-1bn
motorway fixed after 6 days
minimal damage in tokyo due to earthquake proof buildings
Haiti
2010-january-mag 7 -16km west from porto prince
250k death-1 mn homeless-30 busnesses destroyed
shallow depth-more volatile-poorest country in western hemisphere-no earthquake res. buildings-3 million in porto prince(90% destroyed) -slums-less aid-airport destroyed
slow to arrive-1bn donated by 23 NGOs however only 2% actually released-corruption +10,000 troops
higher building standards
Alberta
may 2016-85% protected
90k evacuated-9bn in damages+60kha burnt
shift in wind direction+spotting over 1km river
low humidity+low snowfall earlier
pos.feedback cycle -
millions of tonnes of c02
fires season was extended+50 million from red cross-NGO
hurricane katerina-new orleans
2005 -low pressure-200km/h wind-cat 5
New Orleans-flood levees too short-storm surges were sig. worse than the storm
108bn in damages+1500 deaths-majority drowned -3 million without electrcity-44 oil spills in the gulf coast
levees and flood walls damaged -cat 3 storm-built on a marsh slowly sinking
400k homeless
typhoon haiyan
november-2013 evening-low pressure+
cat5 -
storm surges-90% damage caused by storm surges 4m in height
4 Bn in damages-6mn jobs lost-7k died
PMA warned-750k evacuated
$500 million raised by UN
‘purok system’-residemce put money together for post disaster.
water contamination
60ha of mangrove removed years previously
oil contaminents
mount pinatubo
1991-caused by another earthquake-stratovolcano-explosive
phillipine plate(oceanic) subducted under eurasia(continental)
700 died-100 mudflows +lahars
700mn damage
heavy rainfall-collapsed buildings
ash-farmland unusable-acid rain
0.5 degrees global decrease
more sulhuric acid in water-higher albedo more light reflected
