Gorkha Earthquake- responses and effects 5.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? GeographyNatural hazardsGCSEAQA Created by: lottiehatherellCreated on: 22-09-18 16:06 RESPONSE 1 RESPONSE Field hospitals were set up to support overcrowed hospitals short term response 1 of 12 RESPONSE 2 RESPONSE Social Media was widely used to indicate if people were safe short term response 2 of 12 RESPONSE 3 RESPONSE 3 helicopters rescued many people caught in avalanches on Mount Everest short term response 3 of 12 RESPONSE 4 RESPONSE Roads were repaired and landslides cleared long term response 4 of 12 RESPONSE 5 RESPONSE Damaged homes were repaired. Over 7000 schools had to be rebuilt long term response 5 of 12 RESPONSE 6 RESPONSE 6 Everest base camp was repaired. By August new routes were established and the mountain was reopened for climbers long term response 6 of 12 EFFECT 1 EFFECT 3 million people are left homeless primary effect 7 of 12 EFFECT 2 EFFECT 8 million people were affected (a third of Nepal's population primary effect 8 of 12 EFFECT 3 EFFECT 7000 schools and 26 hospitals were destroyed primary effect 9 of 12 EFFECT 4 EFFECT Avalanches on Mount Everest killed 19 people secondary effect 10 of 12 EFFECT 5 EFFECT The provision of aid was made difficult due to the roads being blocked by land slides secondary effect 11 of 12 EFFECT 6 EFFECT Tourism to Nepal decreased after the earthquake. Local people lost income from the lack of tourists secondary effect 12 of 12
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