Indian Ocean

Question 1

When where what?

Answer 1

Tsunami
December 26th 2004
Earthquake off coast of Sumatra 
9 on Richter scale
Tsunami- Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Maldives

Question 2

Why

Answer 2

Indian and Eurasian plate love towards each other
Earthquake caused
Tsunami caused

Question 3

Immediate responses

Answer 3

Armed police in galte, Sri Lanka tried to prevent looting
Over $7billion provided by gov and NGOs
Up to 5million were relocated into refugee camps
Mads burial of dead

Question 4

Long term responses

Answer 4

Tsunami warning system in Indian Ocean
Oxfam planted 1million mango trees
Fisherman in India given boats
People identified using DNA

Question 5

Short term effects

Answer 5

222,000+ killed
630,000 injured
800 killed on derailed train
1,500 settlements destroyed in Indonesia

Question 6

Long term effects

Answer 6

2 million left homeless
25% of population lost their main source of income in Indonesia
Damaged marine ecosystem
Diseases such as cholera & dysentery spread due to lack of clean water & sanitation in refugee camps
^Killing 150,000