high population density, LIC, inadequate housing on steep slopes on coast
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Primary impacts
282mm of rain in 12 hrs, 313km/hr winds, 7m waves, 7000 killed, 28,700 injured, 1.9 million homeless, airport damaged
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Secondary impacts
flooding a mile inland, $2.9 billion damage, disease outbreak (dengue), landslides , looting, 6 million jobless, fishing community jobless - 30,000 boats destroyed
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Short term responses
12,000 evacuation centres, field hospitals set up, aid from Red Cross and uk government 800,000 got food and shelter
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Long term responses
UN gave $480 million for humanitarian relief, cyclone shelters built, homes build away from flood risk zone in 'cash for work scheme' paying people to rebuild city
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high population density, LIC, inadequate housing on steep slopes on coast
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