Cylone Nargis

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  • Cyclone Nargis, 2008
    • Causes
      • Convention increased and decreased
      • Low air pressure
      • Storm surge
      • Myanmar has a delta which fueled Nargis
    • Background information
      • The cyclone formed on the 27th April in the Bay of Bengal
      • Was predicted to hit Bangladesh.
      • The cyclone hit Myanamar, located in Asia.
      • COLOUR KEY: Dark blue - economic. Orange - social. Green - environmental
    • Effects
      • Rice paddies destroyed
      • 700,000 homes destroyed by the delta
      • $10b estimated damage.
      • Storm surge contaminated paddy fields
      • 75% livestock killed
      • 146,000 fatalities
      • 75% of health services and schools destroyed
      • 2.4 million effected
    • Responces
      • 44 counties donated money, food and shelter
      • Projects introduced to farmers and shcools to help rebuild
      • Improving infrastructure
      • Preparing vulnerable people
      • Government took a long time to ask the UN for help
      • For a few days volentury workers were banned

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