case study = Bangladesh - Cyclone Aila

• started - 25 may 2009
• compared to the USA storm sandy the wind wasn't very strong but there was a lot of flooding
• cause for tropical storm :

  • wind had to be faster than 120km/h
  • had to be 10 degrees either side of the equator
  • cyclones are powered by warm water, water had to be 26.5 degrees
  • low pressure on sea - storm surges happen when the sea rises
  • storm Aila was 96 milibars and winds were going 100mph but because the storm hit the land there was a lot of flooding
• short term impacts

  SOCIAL :

  • 750k people homes lost - there houses were made of mud not brick so they didn't have a chance of standing against the cyclone
  • 1 mil people didn't have drinking water

  ECONOMIC :

  • no cattle or places to clean, so no income
  • fishing boats destroyed

  ENVIRONMENTAL :

  • 100k fish and animals dead
• long term impacts

  SOCIAL :

  • more disease spread
  • all winter clothes gone - can't afford to buy new ones
  • need half a year's salary to replace all cooking utensils lost
  • people are still living in homeless shelters 1 year later the cyclone hit
  • 200 children have to sit in one classroom (these kids can't get the time back - that's why its a long term impact)
  • schools ar flooded twice a day

  ECONOMIC :

  • salt water contamination - crops can't grow and no washing/cleaning water
  • embankments burst open, even after a year of them breaking they haven't been fixed