The Challenge of Natural Hazards Flashcards
When was the Nepal Earthquake?
April 2015
What magnitude was the Nepal earthquake?
7.8 Magnitude
What were the primary effects of the Nepal earthquake?
- 9,000 deaths
- Over 500,000 homes destroyed
- 50% of schools destroyed
What were the secondary effects of the Nepal earthquake?
- Avalanche on Mount Everest killing 19 people
- Loss of income from tourism (which was 8.9% of Nepal’s GDP)
- Rice seed stored in homes was was ruined as homes collapsed. These caused food shortages
What were the immediate responses of the Nepal earthquake?
- Nepal requested international help
- Uk’s DEC raised $126 million
- Red Cross tents 225,000 people
- UN and WHO distributed medical supplies to the worst districts
- Facebook launched a safety feature so people could indicate that they were safe
What were the long term responses of the Nepal earthquake?
- Rebuilding
- World heritage sites reopen June 2015
- Longer climbing season
When was the Chile Earthquake?
December 2010
What magnitude was the Chile earthquake?
Magnitude 8.8
What were the primary effects of the Chile earthquake?
- 500 killed
- 220,000 homes destroyed
- 56 hospitals destroyed
What were the secondary effects of the Chile earthquake?
-Landslides destroyed 140 km of road
What were the immediate responses of the Chile earthquake?
- Power and Water restored to 90% of homes within 10 days
- 300,000 emergency wooden shelters built
- 200,000 households helped by the government
What were the long term responses of the Chile earthquake?
- Continuing to monitor
- Continue to prepare
- Continue to have building regulations
When was the Haiyan Typhoon?
November 2013
What category was the Haiyan Typhoon?
Category 5
What were the primary effects of the Haiyan Typhoon?
- 6300 killed (mostly by the storm surge)
- Over 600000 displaced
- 40000 homes destroyed
What were the secondary effects of the Haiyan Typhoon?
- 6 million jobs lost
- Shortage of water led to disease outbreak
What were the immediate responses of the Haiyan Typhoon?
-1200 evacuation centres set up
What were the immediate responses of the Haiyan Typhoon?
-Cyclone shelters built
When were the Somerset Level Floods?
2014
What is Typhoon Haiyan an example of?
A Tropical revolving storm
What is the Somerset level floods an example of?
Extreme weather in the UK
What were the primary effects of the Somerset Level Floods?
- 600 houses flooded
- 14 farms evacuated
What were the secondary effects of the Somerset Level Floods?
- £10 million worth of damage
- £20 million flood action plan
- 8km of River Tone and Parrett dredged
What is the evidence that the UK’s weathers becoming more extreme? (including recent events)
- 2003 heatwave: 2000 killed
- 2007 floods: 10 died
- 2009 heavy snow: 20cm
- 2013/2014 wettest winter in 250 years
- 2018: Beast from the east and heatwave
Where was the Typhoon Haiyan?
The Philippines
When was Storm Desmond?
4th-5th December 2015
What were the social effects of Storm Desmond?
- 3 deaths
- 19000 homes flooded across Northern England
- 100000 homes affected by power cuts
- More than 40 schools in Cumbria were closed
- Appointments in many hospitals in Cumbria were cancelled as hospitals had no mains electricity
What were the Economic effects of storm Desmond?
- £500 million damage in Cumbria
- Landslides and Flooding closed some main roads
- Many bridges were damaged causing extra transport costs for businesses
- The rail route between England and Scotland was closed due to flooding
What were the Environmental effects of storm Desmond?
-Large amounts of soil were washed into the rivers, with millions of tonnes of silt transported by rivers and deposited on floodplains
How to manage Climate change?
- Carbon capture
- Planting trees
- Paris Agreement (2015) legally binding contract for countries that aims to limit global rise in temp by 1.5 degrees c.
- Agricultural adaptations
- Reducing risk of sea level rise
