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1
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Tropical storm in LEDC

A

Cyclone Nargis

Burma

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Cyclone Nargis Burma
when?
exact location?

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2nd May 2008

Irrawaddy delta

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Cyclone Nargis Burma

effects / causes ?

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strong winds- 135mph
storm surge 7.6m
heavy rainfall

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Cyclone Nargis Burma

Cost of damage

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$10 billion

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Cyclone Nargis Burma

why we’re impacts greater in Burma than usa?

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many in burma depend on farming and much was totally destroyed

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Cyclone Nargis Burma
primary impacts
(4)

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140.000 killed
450.000 homes
200.000 farm animals
rice fields flooded on irrawaddy delta

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Cyclone Nargis Burma
secondary impacts
(3)

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3 million homeless
70%- no clean water- disease
shortage of food

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Cyclone Nargis Burma

More severe in LEDCs

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  • plan predict prepare like USA
  • emergency services
  • gov refused foreign aid at first as said could cope
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Cyclone Nargis Burma

what did it lack?

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flood defences

houses poor

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Cyclone Nargis Burma

government

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failed to warn so people not evacuated

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11
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Tropical storm MEDC

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Hurricane Katrina USA

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Hurricane Katrina SE USA

when?

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29th August 2005

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Hurricane Katrina SE USA

cost of damage

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$300 billion

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Hurricane Katrina SE USA
primary impacts
(4)

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  • 1800 killed
  • 300,000 homes destroyed
  • bridges collapsed
  • 4 mill without electricity
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Hurricane Katrina SE USA
secondary impacts
(3)

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homelessness
•230,000 jobs lost
•water supplies polluted

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Hurricane Katrina SE USA

oil problem

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oil facilities damaged- petrol prices rose in u.k. and usa

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Hurricane Katrina SE USA

air

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$50 billion

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18
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Hurricane Katrina SE USA

how were impacts reduced

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80% evacuated
Mississippi / Louisiana - supplies
emergency services/ evacuation plans

19
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Hurricane Katrina SE USA

most affected? why?

A

New orleans

lies below sea level, protected by levees

20
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MEDC volcanic eruption

A

Mount St. helens 1980

21
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Mount st. helens

where?

A

USA

plate boundary between juan de fuca plate and north american

22
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Mount st. helens

beforehand- march

A

march- 4.2 earthquake interrupted

may 18- 5.1 earthquake 24 miles

23
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Mount st. helens

cost of damage

A

$3 billion

24
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Mount st. helens

primary

A

63 dead- gases
lahars covered area surrounding
infrastructure

25
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Mount st. helens

secondary

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  • flooding- no emergency services
  • ash blocked rivers destroying popular fishing sites/causing flooding- destroyed crops/livestock
  • wildlife
26
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Mount st. helens

short term responses/results

A

roads/bridges repaired

rehoused

27
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Mount st. helens

long term

A

volcano carefully monitored

tourism increased-boost economy

28
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LEDC earthquake

A

Haiti 2010

29
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Haiti 2010

when?

A

12 Jan 2010

30
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Haiti 2010

location

A

conservative between Caribbean and north american plate

31
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Haiti 2010

mostly what?

A

urban

32
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Haiti 2010

measured

A

7.0

33
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Haiti 2010

focus

A

13km underground

34
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Haiti 2010

epicentre

A

25km from capital Port-au-prince

35
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Haiti 2010

European council aid

A

€429 million

36
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Haiti 2010

early 2010- EU emergency funding

A

€3 mil

37
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Haiti 2010

difficult to prepare

A

hazard perception
impossible to predict
not enough money

38
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Haiti 2010
primary
(4)

A

220,000 deaths
300,000 injured
8 hospitals damaged
collapses

39
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Haiti 2010
secondary
(3)

A

2 million- no food/ water
november 2010-cholera
Haitian tourist industry declined

40
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LEDC drought

climatic problem

A

The Sahel, Africa

41
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The Sahel, Africa

location

A

south of sahara

42
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The Sahel, Africa

Cause

A

moist rainy air prevented from moving north from equator

•desertification from non-appropriate farming methods

43
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The Sahel, Africa

how long has it been suffering

A

since early 1980s

44
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The Sahel, Africa

Results

A 
•Crop failure
•soil erosion
•famine / hunger
less able to work when need is greatest
-repeats- causing deaths

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