Case Studies: Physical Geography

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GSCE Geography FlashCards sobre Case Studies: Physical Geography, criado por howley monkey em 01-05-2014.
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Hurricane Katrina: How many people died? 1836
Hurricane Katrina: How many houses destroyed? 300,000
Hurricane Katrina: How much were economic losses? $300 billion
Hurricane Katrina: How many offshore oil platforms were sunk? 30
Hurricane Katrina: How many were left without electricity? 3 million
Hurricane Katrina: What became severely polluted? Floodwaters
Hurricane Katrina: What happened to coastal habitats They were lost or damaged
Hurricane Katrina: How many people did the coastguards, police, fire service, army and volunteers rescue? 50,000
Hurricane Katrina: What were the other responses? Treating injured, providing food, water and shelter- 25,000 people given shelter in Louisiana superbowl
Hurricane Katrina: How much did the strengthening of the levees cost? $800 million
Hurricane Katrina: How much was spent on rebuilding schools and homes? $34 billion
Hurricane Katrina: What has happened to some evacuees? They have still not returned
Cyclone Nargis: Where did it develop? The Bay of Bengal
Hurricane Katrina: How strong were the winds 270 kph
Cyclone Nargis: How strong were the winds? 215 kph
Cyclone Nargis: What area was particularly affected by the storm surge? Irradwaddy delta region
Cyclone Nargis: How many people dies? 140,000
Cyclone Nargis: How many people were homeless? 2 to 3 million
Cyclone Nargis: Did hundreds, thousands, millions or billions lose their livelihood? Millions lost their livelihood
Cyclone Nargis: How much were the economic losses? $10 billion
Cyclone Nargis: In the Irrawaddy delta, what percentage of homes were destroyed? 95%
Cyclone Nargis: How many farm animals were killed? 200,000
Cyclone Nargis: What percentage of food stores were destroyed? 40%
Cyclone Nargis: What was almost completely destroyed? Services: electricity, telephone and water
Cyclone Nargis: What happened to farmland and water sources Salt water inundation
Cyclone Nargis: What else caused pollution? Burst sewage pipes
Hurricane Katrina: How many were evacuated? 80%
Hurricane Katrina: What were the warnings? Katrina had been monitored and predictions were accurate
Hurricane Katrina: What did the states of Mississippi and Louisiana do? Mississippi and Louisiana declared a state emergency- they set up control centres and stockpiled supplies
Hurricane Katrina: What happened to public transport before the storm? It was closed down
Cyclone Nargis: Who did Indian and Thai weather agencies warn that Cyclone Nargis was coming? The Myanmar government- but its severity was not reported so most people had no idea it was coming
Cyclone Nargis: Were there any emergency or evacuation plans? No
Cyclone Nargis: How long did it take for the Myanmar government to accept international aid? 3 weeks
Cyclone Nargis: Who launched an appeal for money? The UN
Cyclone Nargis: What were some other short term responses? Identification and burial of the dead Treating the injured Providing safe water, food and medicine
Cyclone Nargis: What was Myanmar reliant on afterwards? International aid
Cyclone Nargis: How many homes have been rebuilt? Fewer than 20,000
Cyclone Nargis: How many survivors are still living in temporary shelters? Half a million
Mt St Helens: What was the plate boundary the volcano formed on? A destructive plate boundary
Mt St Helens: What were the two plates? Oceanic Juan de Fuca plate subducting under the continental North American plate
Mt St Helens: How many people were killed? 61
Mt St Helens: How many houses and cabins were destroyed? 200
Mt St Helens: How many miles of highway were destroyed? Over 185
Mt St Helens: How many miles of railways were destroyed? 15
Mt St Helens: How many bridges were destroyed? 27
Mt St Helens: How many big game animals dies 7000
Mt St Helens: What interstate was closed for a week? Interstate 90 from Seattle to Washington
Mt St Helens: How long were airports in Washington closed for? 2 weeks
Mt St Helens: How much commercial timber was damaged or destroyed? 4 billion board feet
Mt St Helens: What and where was the landslide? A landslide of soil, glacier ice, snow and rock filled Spirit Lake, displacing the water and causing mudflows in Toutle valley
Mt St Helens: What river was blocked? Columbia River 60km away
Mt St Helens: Where did residents ave to wear face masks? Yakima, 120km away - covered with 1cm of ash
Mt St Helens: How long did it take for the ash to be cleared? 3 days
Mt St Helens: How many masks did President Carter send? 2 million
Mt St Helens: Give some immediate responses Helicopters mobilised, emergency treatments provided, stranded tourists found shelter
Mt St Helens: What were rebuilt? Buildings and bridges
Mt St Helens: How was possible flooding addressed? Drainage in the area was addressed so that flooding did not occur as a result of debris blocking channels
Mt St Helens: What was replanted? The forest to the north
Mt St Helens: Why was the area being designated a national monument in 1982 important? It led to the spending of $1.4 million to transform the area and allow access for 3 million visitors annually
Mt St Helens: When was the road over the volcano reopened? 1990, Johnston Ridge Observatory in 1997
Kobe: What plate boundary was the earthquake on? Destructive (subduction zone)
Kobe: What plates were involved? Philippines Plate (oceanic) subducting underneath the Eurasian Plate (continental)
Kobe: How big was the earthquake 7.2 on the Richter scale- epicentre was under Osaka bay
Kobe: How many people were killed? 6434
Kobe: How many were seriously injured? 40,000
Kobe: How many were made homeless? 350,000
Kobe: What percentage of the Osaka to Kobe railway track was usable? 30%
Kobe: How many homes were left without electricity? 2 million
Kobe: How many were left without water for 10 day? 1 million
Kobe: How much did the damage cost? $220 billion
Kobe: Name a major company that had to temporarily close Panasonic
Kobe: What happened to the port? It was destroyed- a huge problem as it was the world's largest container port
Kobe: Was there international aid? No
Kobe: What did 7-Eleven do? Major retailers like them helped to provide essentials
Kobe: What did Motorola do? Maintained telephone connections free of charge
Kobe: What percentage of railways were operational in a month? 80%
Kobe: When was the Hanshin Expressway open? September 1996
Kobe: What happened to the port? Was 80% operational by 1997 but much of the container business had been lost
Kobe: How were buildings designed to prevent this happening again? Buildings built further apart to prevent the domino effect. High rise building built with reinforced steel instead of wood. Rubber blocks put under bridges to absorb shock

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