Tsunami (Banda Aceh, Indian Ocean Tsunami) Flashcards
Where
South East Asia, Northern top of Sumatra in Banda Aceh
When
26th December 2004
Size
9 on richter
Where else did effect
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia, Mayalasia
People effect
290000
Mangroves
Mangroves were recently removed to make space for boats, these would absorbed a large amount of the wave energy
What plates
Burmese and Indian plate meet Indian Plate subduct- Sundra trench
How many died
220,000
How many injured
650,000
How many homeless
2 million
Damage
1500 settlements wiped out
Buildings destroyed
Immense devastation
Emergency services couldn’t cope
Injured had to
Remain without aid or medication because hospitals destroyed and demand on medication
Bodies buried
In mass graves
Aid sent
Fresh water Water purification tablets Sheeting Food Tents Medical attendants Forensic teams
Donatioons
UK offered £75 million
Public donations from UK reached £100 million
After a year
£372 million donated by British public
Disasters Emergency Committee
Spent £180 million
£40 million on rebuilding in Indonesia and Sri Lanka
Plans
To spend £190 million on 20,000 houses for the 100,000 homeless people
Warning system
Set up in June 2006- Tsunami Warning System
Highest wave
Over 25m
Effect in India
Large areas of eastern coast swamped by tidal waves
Deaths reported in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kerela State
Effect in Thailand
Western coat of southern Thailand baldy affected, including Phucket and Phi Phi island
Effect in Malaysia
People reported to have been swept away from beaches near the northern city of Penang
Effect in the Maldives
High waves and flood inundate the islands
Two thirds of low lying capital, Male, under water
Effect in Sri Lanka
Wide strech of eastern and southern coastline devastated by massive waves
Districts of Mutur and Trincomalee inundated by waves as high as six metres
Port of the capital, Colombo, shut by flash floods
Epicentre of earthquake
10km below seabed, 7.59am local time
