Nepal (LIC NE)

• Where is Nepal

  • Betwene China and india along the himalayan mountains
  • LIC
• what was the nepal earthquake?

  April 2015

  • 7.9 Magnitude
  • 60km away from Kathmandu (Nepal's capital city)
• what where the primary effects?

  • aprox 9000 people died
  • over 20000 people where injured
  • aprox 3 million lost their homes
  • thousands of schools where destroyed
  • cost of damage was aprox $5billion
• what where the secondary effects of Nepal earthquake

  • Avalanche was triggered on Everest, killing 19 people
  • Landslides occured and killed hundreds who lived in small villages in steep valleys
  • people living near the Kali Gandaki river where evacuated due to risk of flooding
• what where the immediate responses?

  • Rescue teams and medical support was provided by UK, China and India
  • $126 million was gifted as international aid
  • 500,000 shelters where set up
• what were the long term responses

  • buildings where constructed with stricter planning
  • homeless where rehoused
  • schools where rebuilt
  • base camp at everest was rebuilt for visitors as it is a main source of income for nepal
  • roads where repaired