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Haiti 2008 and 2010
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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.