Geography - Cyclone One bravo case study

Effects

• 111 people died
• 7000 were injured
• 2 metre high tidal surges covered the low-lying islands
• cut communication lines with islands along the coast
• 500,000 people were left homeless
• brick and thatch houses were flattened
• 608 educational institutes were damaged.

Relief

• The prime minister established a relief fund in 1997
• Government decided 500 families in each of the effected areas would be given 32kg of rice over 2 months.
• Action plan to give 72 feet of corrugated iron sheets to each family damaged houses.
• Bangladesh red crescent in may 2000 sent two relief truck from its national head quarters to its branches in Chittagong. They brought...
  • 400 tarpaulins
  • 20 rolls of plastic sheeting
  • 100 jerry cans
  • 500 mugs
  • 500 pieces of crockery
  • 500 alliminium plates
  • 5000 pieces of second hand clothing
  • 6 medical teams with first aid volunteers.