Case Study - Nepal Earthquake disaster

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  • Nepal Earthquake
    • Causes
      • No Warning was given to the people of Nepal
      • The Indian and Eurasian plates pushed together by 20mm
      • The plates moved suddenly - a century of built up strain was released
      • The crust moved 3 meters in some places
    • Primary Consequences
      • Over 180 buildings were reduced to rubble in Kathmandu
      • 19009 people were injured
      • 8635 people were killed
      • Landslides in the mountains buried houses and cut off roads
      • Aftershocks threatened to destroy weakened buildings
    • Secondary Consequenses
      • Thousands of homeless people had to sleep outside.
      • Schools, health facilities and government offices had to close
      • $10 billion of damage was caused
      • People in Kathmandu struggled to return to their families in rural areas.
      • Remote areas were hard to get to due to landslides blocking the roads
    • Responses
      • Emergency aid
        • NGOs such as the Red Cross and Oxfam helped to support the injured and homeless
        • India was in prim position to provide emergency aid.
          • 10 tonnes of blankets
          • 50 tonnes of water and 22 tonnes of food
          • doctors and 2 tonnes of medical supplies
          • An engineering task force
        • Aid effort was hampered by damaged infrastructure
          • The airport was shut
          • Roads were in poor condition
      • Long-term aid
        • 'Cash-for-work' projects were set up.
          • Survivors were paid t work on rebuilding projects in their own communities
        • Money from all over the world were donated to Nepal.

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