PSR-Natural Hazard Flashcards
1
Q
Mt st Helens (5)
A
61 deaths 12% crops destroyed 25km North all trees flattened $1.4 million total cost 10 million trees replanted
2
Q
Nevada del Ruiz (4)
A
23000 deaths
4500 injured
8000 homeless
15000 animals killed
3
Q
Kobe (5)
A
5500 deaths 40000 injured 180000 houses destroyed 200000 buildings destroyed 7.2 on Richter scale
4
Q
Boxing Day tsunami (3)
A
230000 deaths
14 countries
2 million homeless
5
Q
Hurricane Andrew (5)
A
30 deaths Hundreds injured 175000 homeless in South Florida Hundreds of hectares of forest flattened £50 billion total cost
6
Q
Bangladesh (5)
A
>1000 deaths 30 million homeless 2/3 inundated 670000 hectares of crops destroyed 5000 flood shelters
