Storms Case Studies
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1800 deaths
80% of new Orleans flooded
winds up to 175mph
storm surges up to 10m
economic damage exceeded $100bil
1.3 mil acres of forst destroyed
- Superdome was used as an evacuation centre (meant fro 800
but 30,000 arrived)
600,000 displaced
storms - hurricane katrina 2005
president bush declared state f emergency
red cross established 275 shelters across 9 states
low lying geography and the delta. 50% of city is below sea level
economic and racial disparities. 28% in poverty
lack of infrastructure investment. levees failed as outdated
Forcasting was accurate with prediction of its path being landfall
near NO- But response deemed as inadaquate as did not factor
in the poverty rates- Evac centres not big enough
cat 5
6201 deaths
4 million displaced
storm surges of 5.2m destroyed airport
95% of fishing boats destroyed
$4mil from EU and $8mil from UK in relief
storms - typhon haiyan 2013 cash for work programmes and "build back better" campaign
launched
16 mil in extreme poverty and rapid urbanisation
poor infrastructure
rising sea levels 30cm in 60yrs
fresh water was restored in the week
50k were given $50 in essential supplies
- Catagory 5 (one of 4 to make landfall in US)- Wind speeds of over
250kmph- Hit Florida panhandle
- 59 deaths (16 direct, 43 from secondary impacts)- 1.2 million
homes without power- 94% of buildings in Mexico beach were
damaged and 47% were destroyed- Two hospitals in Bay County
had severe damage
storms - hurricane michael 2018
- 3.8 billion loss in agriculture- Total cost estimated at $25.5 billion
- 2.8 mil acres of forest destroyed
- 375,000 people evacuated, had 3 days warning- Bay County
had to borrow over $250 million to fund clear up- Trump signed
a emergancy declaration for Georgia meaning response was 75%
federally funded
Typhoon Mangkhut 2018
32 people crushed in a single shelter. More than 60 ppl have been
killed due to landslides
storms - typhoon mangkhut 2018
"They are not hoping for survivors anymore - just for the retrieval
of the bodies buried."
Example of landslides
cat 1
north carolina
storms - hurricane florence 2018
1.7m storm surge
55 deaths
1/2
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_gcb14x
1800 deaths
80% of new Orleans flooded
winds up to 175mph
storm surges up to 10m
economic damage exceeded $100bil
1.3 mil acres of forst destroyed
- Superdome was used as an evacuation centre (meant fro 800
but 30,000 arrived)
600,000 displaced
storms - hurricane katrina 2005
president bush declared state f emergency
red cross established 275 shelters across 9 states
low lying geography and the delta. 50% of city is below sea level
economic and racial disparities. 28% in poverty
lack of infrastructure investment. levees failed as outdated
Forcasting was accurate with prediction of its path being landfall
near NO- But response deemed as inadaquate as did not factor
in the poverty rates- Evac centres not big enough
cat 5
6201 deaths
4 million displaced
storm surges of 5.2m destroyed airport
95% of fishing boats destroyed
$4mil from EU and $8mil from UK in relief
storms - typhon haiyan 2013 cash for work programmes and "build back better" campaign
launched
16 mil in extreme poverty and rapid urbanisation
poor infrastructure
rising sea levels 30cm in 60yrs
fresh water was restored in the week
50k were given $50 in essential supplies
- Catagory 5 (one of 4 to make landfall in US)- Wind speeds of over
250kmph- Hit Florida panhandle
- 59 deaths (16 direct, 43 from secondary impacts)- 1.2 million
homes without power- 94% of buildings in Mexico beach were
damaged and 47% were destroyed- Two hospitals in Bay County
had severe damage
storms - hurricane michael 2018
- 3.8 billion loss in agriculture- Total cost estimated at $25.5 billion
- 2.8 mil acres of forest destroyed
- 375,000 people evacuated, had 3 days warning- Bay County
had to borrow over $250 million to fund clear up- Trump signed
a emergancy declaration for Georgia meaning response was 75%
federally funded
Typhoon Mangkhut 2018
32 people crushed in a single shelter. More than 60 ppl have been
killed due to landslides
storms - typhoon mangkhut 2018
"They are not hoping for survivors anymore - just for the retrieval
of the bodies buried."
Example of landslides
cat 1
north carolina
storms - hurricane florence 2018
1.7m storm surge
55 deaths
1/2
