Tropical storms - yasi

Question 1

prediction

Answer 1

identifiied on 26/1/2011, made landfall on 3/2/2011
30/1/2011 was upgraded to a tropical storm

Question 2

preparation

Answer 2

building standards enforced in 1980s
people in low lying areas were evacuated
schools etc. closed
evacuations to 100 official evacuation centres
tv reports educated the population of the risks
cairns council created evac. strategy in 2009-10, including designated routes, timeframes and maps indicating areas most at risk
sandbags
taped up windows
extra flights

Question 3

hazards

Answer 3

1 min sustained winds of up to 250kmph
storm surge of 7m moving 300m inland
record breaking rainfall
new river height record

Question 4

impacts

Answer 4

$3.6 billion estimated damage
$2 billion + lost in agriculture, mining and local gov.
300km of Great Barrier reef damaged by chemicals
90% main alley in Tully damaged
170000 buildings left without power
damage to roads
25 mobile phone towers out of action
one death due to carbon monoxide poisoning
75% banana crop destroyed, raising prices
12% older buildings destroyed, 3% newer buildings

Question 5

response

Answer 5

mainly had to focus on rebuilding and repairing damage
gov. handed out $450m of recovery grants
230km of road cleared in 1 week