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What is the case study for a Tsunami? |
Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004. |
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What were the causes? |
There's a destructive plate margin along the west coast of Indonesia in the India Ocean. |
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Where, when and what scale was the Tsunami? |
On 26th of December 2004 there was an earthquake off the west coast of the island of Sumatra measuring around 9.1 on the Richter Scale. |
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What caused for Tsunami? |
The plate that's moving down into the mantle cracked and moved very quickly, which caused a lot of water to be displaced. This triggered a tsunami with waves 30m high. |
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What were the effects of the India Ocean Tsunami? |
The Indian Ocean Tsunami 230,000 people were killed or still missing.
2) Whole towns and villagers were destroyed - over 1.7 million people lost there homes.
3) The infrastructure - roads, water pipes, and electricity lines of many other countries were severely damaged.
4) 5.6 million people needed emergency food water and medical supplies
5)There was massive economic changes . Millions of fisherman lost their livelihoods, and tourism industry suffered because of the destruction and because people were afraid to go on holidays there.
6)There was massive enviromental damage. Salt from the seawater has meant plant's grow in many areas. Mangroves,coral reefs, forests, and sand dunes were also destroyed. |
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Short-term responses to the Tsunami? |
Within days hundreds of millions of pounds had been pledged by foreign governments, charities and individuals and businesses to give survivors access to food, water shelter and medical attention.
Foreign countries sent ships, planes soldiers and teams of specialists to help rescue people, distribute food and water and begin clearing up. |
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Long-term responses? |
Billions of pounds have been pledged to help rebuild the infrastructure of the countries affected.
As well as money, programmes have been set up to re-build houses and help people get back to work.
A tsunami warning system has been put in place in some countries. Volunteers have been trained so that local people know what to do if a tsunami happens again. |
