Tsunami Case Studies

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  • Tsunami case studies
    • Japan
      • Basic info
        • 7.2 Richter scale
      • Impacts
        • 15,676 deaths
          • 4,712 injured
          • 4,832 missing
        • 45,700 buildings destroyed
          • 144,300 damaged
        • 1.5 million homes without water
          • 4.4 million without electricity
        • Damaged airports, roads and railways
        • Disease such as diarrheoa
      • Responses
        • Homeless sheltered in schools
        • People given blankets
        • Military delivered food and medicine
        • 100,000 people took place in the relief mission
    • Asian
      • Basic Info
        • Sumatran and Thai coastlines
        • 26th December 2004
        • 9.2 magnitude
        • Indo-Australian plate subducted under Eurasian
      • Impacts
        • 250,000 deaths
          • 70% of residents in some villages were killed
          • Half a million injured
        • Completely destoyed coastal towns
        • 141,000 houses destroyed
          • 1.7 million homeless
        • 13 countries were affected in total, the worst being Indonesia
      • Respones
        • £8 billion was raised internationally
        • US military offered £160 million worth of support
        • Temporary shelters built
        • Given medical suppiles
        • A warning system has now been established

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