Tropical Cyclones: Katrina and Aila Flashcards

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Background Info for Aila

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  • Category 1
  • Formed in Bay of Bengal
  • Hit Bangladesh
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What impact did Aila have on homelessness

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750,000 made homeless

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How many people and animals were killed by Aila

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190 killed and 59,000 cattle killed

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What impact did the 3m storm surge of Aila have

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  • flood lead to disease

- salt water flooded crops and killed them

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5
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How much damage was caused in dollars by Aila

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$270 million cost of damage

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What warning systems were put in place before Aila

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  • Awareness campaigns to educate locals about tropical cyclones
  • 45,000 warning volunteers who live and work in prone areas
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How was evacuation prepared for before Aila

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  • Funding of 3500 Cyclone Shelters, each taking up to 5000 people. Built from concrete and raised above ground
  • more needed due to high population in Bangladesh
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How did weather forecasts prepare Bangladesh for Storm Aila

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  • Weather forecasts shared on TV and Radios

- but infrastructure for this is lacking in rural areas so suffer high deaths

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How did high rates of illiteracy contribute to the responses to Aila

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People didn’t understand or follow warnings from cyclone volunteers

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How did the ‘wait and see’ attitude affect the response to Aila

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Many people didn’t move to cyclone shelters for fear of losing property and belongings

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How did false warnings in the past mean for the response to Aila

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Not everyone trusts warning systems with many ignored

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How has effective preparation and response in the past impacted the deaths from Aila

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  • Death tolls have decreased
  • Cyclone Bhola killed 300,000 people in 1970
  • 190 killed in Aila in 2009
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What is the background information to Hurricane Katrina

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category 3 and made landfall on south coast having travelled across Gulf of Mexico

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How much damage did Hurricane Katrina cause in US dollars

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108 Billion US$

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How many people died from Katrina

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around 1800

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How high were the storm surge and wind speeds of Katrina

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6m storm surge

around 200km/h wind speed

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How effective were the levees and barriers

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overwhelmed with 80% of city being flooded, 700 drowned when one levee collapsed

18
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How many evacuated the city

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80% of the city were able to evacuate
those who didn’t went to Superdome or stayed at home and worried about looters.
Also elderly, prisoners and homelessness

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How did forecasting help prepare the City for Katrina

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it monitored Katrina from its formation on 23rd august

allowed to predicted where and when it would make landfall

20
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How effective was forecasting as a response

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it accurately predicted the time of landfall so people could evacuate

21
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What was the response from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

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they were unprepared for the scale of destruction and the number of people who needed help

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How was the Superdome response to Katrina

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They didnt have enough food or water, demand on space and supplies as more and more people came