Hazards (hurricane)- Haiti- MH

Question 1

Background info

Answer 1

-Hurricane Matthew, 2016
-category 4
-Haiti= 6th most vulnerable country in world
-Port-au-prince= pop is around 1 mil, located on the Gulf of Gonave
-poorest and least developed country in Western Hemishere

Question 2

Physical/ Human issues

Answer 2

Physcial
-located on plate margin
-lack of tracking storms
-hard topography- lack of mobility, greater threat to hazard
Human
-poor quality housing, high level inequalities
-pop concentrated on flood-prone areas
-constant political corruption and instability
-poor healthcare and sanitation

Question 3

Social impacts

Answer 3

-580 lives lost
-2010 cholera outbreak worsened

Question 4

Economic impacts

Answer 4

-destroyed coffee and cocoa plantations
-cost $2.8 bil in damage
-$1.4 mil needed in humanitarian aid

Question 5

Environmental impacts

Answer 5

-crops destroyed
-350,000 animals killed
-90% coconut trees knocked down

Question 6

Political impacts

Answer 6

-since event, gov has been unstable and unable to give aid or rebuild

Question 7

Short-term responses

Answer 7

-UN forces immediately dispatched own aid and peacekeeping forces
-humanitarian agencies had 400 operations throughout Haiti
-World Food Programme (WFP) pre-dispositioned 3410 tons of food

Question 8

Long-term responses

Answer 8

-UN launched appeal for $120 mil in aid
-still disruption to this day due to corruption