Nepal Earthquake
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- Created on: 20-04-19 09:28
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- Nepal Earthquake
- Primary Impacts
- 3m homeless, 1.4m needed food, water and shelter, 7000 schools wre destroyed and hospitals were overwhelmed
- 9000 people died and 200,000 were injured, over 8m people were affected that's 1/3 of the population
- 50% of ships were destroyeed, affecting food supplies, cost of the earthquake: US$5bn
- Secondary Impacts
- Avalanches on Mount Everest killed at least 19 people
- An avalanche in the Langtang region left 250 people missing
- A landside voacked the Kali Gandaki river 140km NW of Kathmandu - many people evacuated in case of flooding
- Immediate Response
- Search aand rescue teams, water and medical support arrived quickly from countries such as th UK, China and India
- Heicopters resued many peope caught in avalanches and delivered supplies to villages cut off by landsides
- Half a million tents needed to provide shelter for the homeless
- Financial aid pledged fro many countries
- Field hospitals were set up to support overcrowded main hospitals
- 300,000 people migrated fro Kathmandu to seek shelter and support with family and friends
- Social media was widely used in search and rescue operations and satellites mapped damaged area
- Key Facts
- 7.9 M at 11:56 AM 25th April 2015
- Epicentre: 90km NW of Kathmandu in the foothills of the Himalayas
- Focus: 15km deep
- Cause: Collision plate margin where the INdo-Australian plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate at the rate of 45mm pa.
- Long Term Response
- Roads repaired and landslides cleared. Lakes formed damming river valleys, needed to be emptied to avoid flooding
- Thousands of homeless people to be re-housed, and amaged hoomes repaired
- Over 7000 schools to be rebuilt or repaired. Stricter controls on buildings regulations
- In June 2015 Nepal hosted an international conference to discuss reconstruction and seek technical and financial aid. Tourism, a major source of income was boosted.
- Repairs to Everest base camp and trekking routes
- Primary Impacts
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