HAZARDS - SANDY + WINSTON C/S

Question 1

When was Hurricane Sandy?

Answer 1

29th Oct 2012

Question 2

What were the US impacts of Sandy?

Answer 2

• houses destroyed, ferocious winds, storm surges, fires ignited, power lines destroyed
• 160 killed
• damage worth US $75bn

Question 3

What were the other impacts of Sandy (non US)?

Answer 3

• 100mph winds
• 70% left without electricity (Jamaica)
• 50% killed + 200,000 homeless (Haiti)
• extensive flooding (Cuba)

Question 4

Short term responses to Sandy?

Answer 4

• food, water, shelter.
• UN and World Food Programme supplies 500,000
• US restored electricity + emergency services
• Red Cross 4000 volunteers
• gov provided emergency supplies of petrol

Question 5

Long term responses to Sandy?

Answer 5

• US $20mn live telethon concert
• Disney raised US$17mn
• US relief package US$50bn
• 2013 rebuilding payments
• stricter building regulations

Question 6

How many were still displaced in Dec 2013 from Sandy?

Answer 6

30,000 residents still displaced

Question 7

What was the population of Fiji for cyclone Winston?

Answer 7

860,000

Question 8

What is significant about Winston?

Answer 8

Strongest tropical cyclone in recorded history - 145mph

Question 9

What happened last minute that caused Winston to be unexpected?

Answer 9

Dramatic U turn last minute

Question 10

When was Cyclone Winston?

Answer 10

7th Feb 2016

Question 11

What were the impacts of Winston?

Answer 11

• 350,000 affected (40% of pop)
• 40,000 homes destroyed or damaged (44 killed)
• communication lost for several days
• 80% of pop lost power
• 225 schools damaged or destroyed
• food prices incr (agricultural sector lost $4mn)

Question 12

What were the short term responses of Winston?

Answer 12

• temporary shelter
• state of emergency lasted 2 months
• relief aid > gov and NGOs
• international airport
• power supplies took 3 weeks

Question 13

What were the long term responses of Winston?

Answer 13

• Fijian gov gave US$9mn to over 40,000 families
• counselling support
• NGOs + charities raised money
• NZ (US$13mn) + Australia US$3.6mn for reconstruction

Question 14

COMPARISON BETWEEN USA AND FIJI?
1. Total population
2. Population density
3. Life expectancy
4. Infant mortality
5. Hospital bed density
6. Adult literacy
7. GNI per capita
8. HDI

U = USA
F = Fiji

Answer 14

1. U = 329mn, F = 0.9mn
2. U = 33/km^2, F = 49/km^2
3. U = 80.1, F = 67.2
4. U = 5.7/1000, F = 20.2/1000
5. U = 3/1000, F = 2/1000
6. 99% for both
7. U = $52,690 per capita, F = $3,930 per capita
8. U = 0.920 (13th in world), F = 0.707 (107th in world)