Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Landslides
Wildfires
Tsunami
100
This is the city where the earthquake in Haiti occurred.
What is Port au Prince?
100
This is the other term for a hurricane.
What is a tropical cyclone?
100
This is caused by the natural instability of the slope.
What is a landslide?
100
This can be started by nature or humans.
What is a wildfire?
100
This is the name of the tectonic plate that caused the 9.0 magnitude earthquake which prompted the 2004 tsunami.
What is the Burma plate?
200
This is the major waterborne illness that occurred during the earthquake in Haiti.
What is cholera?
200
People with medical conditions like diabetes and asthma had trouble accessing this medical necessity.
What is their medication?
200
These islands are located along the typhoon belt and the pacific ring of fire and they are highly vulnerable to natural disasters.
What are the Philippines?
200
This can worsen symptoms for people who have pre-existing respiratory conditions.
What is smoke?
200
This is approximate height of the waves of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami.
What is 10 meters (or 33-34 feet)?
300
This is the number of estimated deaths as a result of the earthquake in Haiti.
What is between 230,000 and 316,000.
300
This is where people took cover in new Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
What is the Superdome?
300
This causes a landslide.
What is a Tropical Depression?
300
This is a short term health implication of a wildfire. (name one or a few)
What is lice, respiratory diseases, burns, dehydration, wounds, enteric disease?
300
A lack of this direct tsunami impact promoted diseases like cholera, dysentery & food poisoning.
What is sanitation?
400
These are some environmental and infrastructural implications of earthquakes. (name one or a few)
What is contamination of water; landslides; wildfires; destruction of sewage treatment; disruption to communication systems; destruction of buildings?
400
This was built after hurricane Katrina to help with flooding during future hurricanes
What is a levee system?
400
This is a safe haven for people to take refuge immediately following any natural disaster.
What is a shelter?
400
These were stuck at the bottom of the hill due to people abandoning their cars.
What are fire trucks?
400
This system was implemented after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which was not previously in place.
What is the Tsunami Warning System?
500
This causes an earthquake.
What is the shifting of tectonic plates below the earth surface?
500
This is a branch of the department of homeland security that assists in the event of natural disasters.
What is FEMA?
500
On average, this is how many natural disasters have occured in the Philippines since the 1980’s.
What is 360?
500
These are ways to prevent future lives lost from wildfires.
What are residents not being able to rebuild in dangerous areas; moving residents to safer areas; construct wide streets and safer structures?
500
This is the date of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
What is October 13?
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