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Chile & Nepal
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Chile
HDI 41/187 GDP(38/193
PRIMARY EFFECTS:
500
people killed
1200
injured
800,000
affected
220,000 homes, 4500 schools, 53 ports, 56 hospitals destroyed.
Chile
SECONDARY EFFECT:
1500km
of roads
damaged
mainly by
landslides.
oil
refineries and
coil
factories were stopped temporarily
several pacific countries stuck by
tsunami
chile
RESPONSES:
Emergency
services acted swiftly (
emergency services
, aid, floating bridges
temporary repairs on
north
and
south
highways within 24hrs
power
and
water
restored within 10 days
reconstruction
plan to help
200,000
households
nepal HDI:(109) GDP:145
PRIMARY EFFCTS:
9000
people died,
20,000
injured, over
8 million
people affected,
3 million
people left homeless.
electricity, water supplies, sanitations and transport was affected.
1.4 million
people needed food, water, shelter in the days and weeks after the earthquake.
nepal
:
SECONDARY EFFECTS:
Landslides
,
avalanches
, and road
blockage
due to damage
avalanche on mount
Everest
killed at least
19
people
avalanche in
lang
tang
left
250
people missing
nepal
:
RESPONSES:
search
and
rescue
teams arrived from
uk
,
India
,
china
rescue
helicopters
on mount
Everest
delivered
supplies
half of a million
tents provided people who needed
shelter
field
hospitals
set up to support
overcrowded
hospitals
roads
repaired
and
landslides
cleared
thousands of
homeless
people to be
rehoused
7000
schools to be built and repaired.
protection
planning
predict
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