Haiti 2008 and 2010

• Average life expectancy 


  62.5
• The World bank estimates that what proportion of the world is at risk of mortality form two or more hazards?

  96%
• Cause


  Caribbean plate moving eastward against the North American plate at 20mm/year
• GDP


  $1300/person
• Focus depth


  13km
• Capital of Haiti


  Port-au-Prince
• How far was the epicentre from the capital?

  25km from Port-au-Prince
• Magnitude


  7
• How many aftershocks after the earthquake?

  52 at magnitude 4.5 or above
• How many people were killed in the earthquake?

  230000
• How many people were killed in the cholera outbreak 9 months later?


  ~9000
• How many people were made homeless after the earthquake?

  1.5 million
• What was the total damage of the earthquake?

  US$11.5 billion
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) response to the earthquake

  28640 tents, 2800 rolls of plastic sheeting, 85000 emergency supply kits and made hospital tents for surgeries saving approx. 20000 lives per day.
• Secondary impact of the earthquake

  Landslides
• By 2014 how many people were still displaced by the earthquake?

  170000
• By 2014 what proportion of the debris had been removed after the 2010 Earthquake?

  50%
• What was the most devastating year for tropical storms in Haiti?

  2008
• How many people were killed in the tropical storms?

  800
• What percentage of crops were destroyed after the tropical storms?

  70%
• What were the names of the tropical storms in 2008?

  Gustav, Hanna and Ike
• What was the total cost of damage from the tropical storms?

  US$1 billion
• Response from the UN for the tropical storms


  brought in food/ shelter/ water and issued a formal appeal for $108 million.