hazards
- Created by: marres01
- Created on: 02-07-19 10:34
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- Example of Earthquakes
- L'Aquila, Italy, 6th April, 2009
- Primary Effects
- 300 deaths
- 1,500 people injured
- Tens of thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed
- Over 60,000 people were made homeless
- Secondary Effects
- Aftershock hampered rescue efforts and caused more damage
- Fires in some collapsed buildings caused more damage
- The broken water pipe near the town of Pagancia caused a landslide
- Electricity and phone services were interrupted
- Immediate Responses
- Camps were set up for the Homeless
- Ambulances, fire engines and the army were sent to rescue survivors
- Money was provided by the government to pay rent, and gas and electricity bills
- Long-Term Responses
- New settlements were built
- Most of the city was rebuilt
- An investigation was set up to investigate why modern buildings weren't built to with stand earthquakes
- Primary Effects
- Kashmir, Pakistan, 8th Ocotber, 2005
- Primary Effects
- 80,000 deaths
- Tens of thousands of people were injured
- Hundreds of thousands of buildings were destroyed
- 3 million people were made homeless
- Secondary Effects
- Landslides buried buildings and people
- Diarrhea and other diseases spread due to a lack of clean water
- Freezing conditions caused more casualties
- blockage of access roads due to the land slides
- Immediate Responses
- International aid was given
- tents, blankets and medical supplies were distributed
- Many people rescued by hand
- Long-Term responses
- 40,000 people from one destroyed tow have been relocated
- Aid was given to rebuild schools and homes
- people using government money to buy food
- Primary Effects
- L'Aquila, Italy, 6th April, 2009
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