Hurricane Katrina And Nargis

Question 1

Prepare-forecast tracking

Answer 1

Can track eye of storm and the size using GIS and can reduce impacts as people can be warned and evacuate

Question 2

Prepare-warning evacuation

Answer 2

Can helptrain people for disasters and alert people about tropical cyclones which can reduce impacts as people can evacuate homes in times reducing smount of deaths.

Question 3

Prepare-building design

Answer 3

Defences built along coast to prevent damage from storm surges, canreduce number buildings destroyed so less deaths

Question 4

Response- rescue

Answer 4

Teams search for people trapped and provide, food and water and medical care. Will make people feel safe and less injuries from malnutrition and diseases

Question 5

Response-rebuild

Answer 5

Reconstruction of affected areas and restoring power,drinking water will limit impactbon areas recovery

Question 6

Katrina-impacts on people

Answer 6

-More than 1800 people died and most people lost jobs
- 300k houses destroyed and hundred thousands homeless
-roads dmsged and bridges collapsed
-230,000 josbs lost
-80% flooded

Question 7

Katrina-imapcts on environment

Answer 7

-coastal habitats damaged
- coastal conservation areas damaged and washed away
- flooding dmaged oil refineries

Question 8

Nargis-impacts on people

Answer 8

-140k people died
- 450k houses destroyed and 350k damaged
-people suffered from diseases caused by sanitary conditions and contaminated water
-farms flooded

Question 9

Nargis-impact on environment

Answer 9

-14km sqaured of irawadda delta flooded
-38k hectares if mangrove forest destroyed
-flooding caused by erosion snd salination

Question 10

Preperation nargis

Answer 10

Myanmar has no dedicated forecasting system so could predict the height of the storm
surges and waves caused by the cyclone. India’s weather agencies warned of the cyclone 48 hours before
it hit. These warnings were issued on TV and radio but didn’t reach people in poor rural communities
which meant more people were killed as they didn’t know what was happening. No emergency
preparation and evacuation plan in place.

Question 11

Preperation katrina

Answer 11

Very good forecasting and tracking services
monitored Katrina and predicted where it would make landfall.
The Mayor of New Orleans ordered an evacuation of the city.
Many were unable to leave as they didn’t have access to a car.
The local football stadium (Superdome) was a designated
shelter and could hold 1000s of people. Approximately 80% of
the city was evacuated. Levees and barriers were built to
prevent flooding, however they were overwhelmed by the
storm surge and had not been maintained properly so areas
such as the 9th ward were flooded.