Impacts Flashcards
1
Q
cost of damage
A
132 billion
3 billion of which was insured
2
Q
infrastructure damage
A
- Major Freeway collapsed
- railroads damaged
50,000 buildings destroyed or badly damaged
3
Q
Casualties
A
- 6,425 deaths
- 25,000 injured
4
Q
why was it seen as a failure for Japan
A
- Goverment aid took 3 days to arrive
- they were very unprepared
- president was only informed the next day
5
Q
QOL impact
A
- 300,000 displaced
- 1.4 million lost access to electricity, gas and water
