Hazards

Question 1

What year was Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 1

2013

Question 2

What year was Hurricane Matthew ?

Answer 2

2016

Question 3

What year was Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 3

2005

Question 4

what hazard event caused $125 billion and damage?

Answer 4

Hurricane Katrina

Question 5

How much damage did Typhoon Haiyan cause?

Answer 5

$12 billion

Question 6

How many people were displaced by Hurricane Matthew ?

Answer 6

175,000

Question 7

what country is Grand d’anse (abricots) in?

Answer 7

Hati

Question 8

what percentage of Tacloban was damaged?

Answer 8

90%

Question 9

how many people were made homeless during Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 9

1 million

Question 10

What area was affected during Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 10

• Louisiana/ New Orleans
• Mississippi
• Alabama

Question 11

during what hazard were 800,000 people evacuated ?

Answer 11

Typhoon Haiyan

Question 12

how were people evacuated during Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 12

televised - by the president

Question 13

Where were people evacuated to during Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 13

the Superdome

- 10,000 people

Question 14

how was international aid a part of the response to Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 14

33 countries promised help and donation of food and water

Question 15

how many people were made homeless by Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 15

4.1 million

Question 16

how much area was burnt during the Australian wildfires?

Answer 16

18 million hectares

Question 17

what was the estimated cost of the Australian wildfire?

Answer 17

$100 billion

Question 18

how many people were killed in the Australian wildfires?

Answer 18

445

Question 19

how many animals were killed in the Australian wildfires?

Answer 19

3 billion

Question 20

when were the Australian wildfires?

Answer 20

2019 (-2020)

Question 21

what caused the Australian wildfires?

Answer 21

Indian dipole - hotter/ drier/ less rainfall/ stronger westerly winds

Question 22

how high were the storm surges during Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 22

5 meters

Question 23

celebrity response to the Australian wildfires?

Answer 23

Leonardo DiCaprio donated $3 million

Question 24

what was the response to the Australian wildfires?

Answer 24

• 3,700 firefighters on the ground
• 100 aircrafts in the air everyday during the peak of the fire
• 3,000 army navy and air force reservist joined firefighters

Question 25

what year was the earthquake in Haiti?

Answer 25

2010

Question 26

approximately how much damage did the Haiti earthquake cost?

Answer 26

$8 billion - most costly earthquake in terms of % of a country’s GDP

Question 27

how many people were killed in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 27

230,000

Question 28

how many people were displaced by the earthquake in Haiti?

Answer 28

1.5 million

Question 29

in total how many people were affected by the earthquake in Haiti?

Answer 29

3 million

Question 30

how much of the population live in poverty in Haiti?

Answer 30

80%

Question 31

where was the epicentre of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 31

south west of Port au Prince

Question 32

how much did the earthquake in Haiti measure on the Richter scale?

Answer 32

7

Question 33

what was the depth of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 33

13 km

- estimate as there is a lack of local seismic data

Question 34

when was the Boxing day tsunami?

Answer 34

2004

Question 35

how many countries were affected by the Boxing day tsunami?

Answer 35

18

• Thailand
• Indonesia
• Sri Lanka
• Maldives

Question 36

how many people were killed in the boxing day tsunami?

Answer 36

227,000 people

Question 37

how much was donated to the response efforts in the boxing day tsunami?

Answer 37

$14 billion

Question 38

what is the GDP per capita in Sri Lank?

Answer 38

$3,800

Question 39

how high were the waves during the Boxing Day tsunami?

Answer 39

30 meters

Question 40

what plate boundary was the boxing day tunami?

Answer 40

destructive

Indian plate subducting under the Eurasian plate