A Tsunami - Japan 2011
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- Created on: 19-10-13 13:08
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- Tsunami - Japan 2011
- Causes
- DESTRUCTIVE plate margin
- Oceanic and Continental plate
- DESTRUCTIVE plate margin
- Effects
- 20,000 people died
- 5,712 injured
- 350,000 homeless
- 45,700 buildings destroyed and 144,300 damaged
- 300 hospitals damaged and 11 completely destroyed
- Mobile phone masts destroyed so telephone connections lost
- Earthquake triggered the tsunami which caused most of the damage
- gas, electricity and water supplies damaged
- No access to clean water and food began to be poisonous
- This meant diseases like Cholera and Typhoid began to spread easily
- After earthquake and tsunami the Nuclear Power Plant in Fukishima leaked radioactive waste causing serial explosions
- Levels of radiation increased dramatically
- Local people were evacuated far away from the power station
- Some people were affected by the levels of radiation
- Immediate responses
- Within minutes Japanese emergency teams were mobilised
- Medicines, blankets, food, water and tents were given out
- Electricity was cut off
- Doctors and hospitals did all they could to treat those who needed it but there was a shortage of medicines and staff
- Homeless survivors temporarily housed in hospitals and schools
- Were given very meagre amounts of rice and tea for some time
- Long Term responses
- Rubble began to be cleared and roads were made accessable
- Home, school, roads and other major transport routes were rebuilt
- Fukishima plant was fixed
- The Japanese government made improvements to communications and reviewed the tsunami floodgates
- Causes
- Medicines, blankets, food, water and tents were given out
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