Cyclone case study
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- Created on: 18-11-17 17:59
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- Cyclone case study
- Developed
- USA
- Weather forecasting alerts people to upcoming storms and cyclones
- 103 phones for every 100 people
- Satellites allow storms to be tracked before they become a threat
- Gives people time to prepare and evacuate if needed
- Current Satellites are becoming out of date giving unreliable info and costing lives
- Hurricane safety taught in schools
- Teaches people how to stay safe and where they can evacuate to
- Some people who do not attend school lose out on vital information
- Storm surge defences protect seaside cities and towns
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- Weather forecasting alerts people to upcoming storms and cyclones
- USA
- Developing
- Bangladesh
- 50/100 people have mobile phones
- Weather forecasting only works if people can connect to the internet to find out
- Satellite technology has the best success rate of spotting cyclones
- Satellite technology cost $12 million a year and people often can not be informed
- Warning systems are able to educate people on cyclones
- 45,000 cyclone warning volunteers
- Educated people are better prepared and know where to go if there is a cyclone
- 3500 shelters each of which can hold up to 5000 people
- Cost a lot to repair and venerable to flooding
- Storm surge defences are very successful from protecting low lying villages and crops
- Always needing repair and too expensive to build along the whole cost
- Bangladesh
- Developed
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