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Cyclone nargis
1. By: Jasmine and Michael
Adjustments and responses to
Cyclone Nargis
2. Background • May 2, 2008
• Winds of 240 kph
(150 mph)
• About 90,000
people died
• 56,000 people
missing were not
found --> 146,000
DEATHS
• 2.4 million
affected
7. • Unexpected
o Cyclone was a class 2 storm
o Became class 4 just as it
reached land
o No time to prepare for the
high severity
• No adequate housing or
protection in towns
• Emergency services not
prepared for the severity
Government
8. Housing & infrastructure
• 15% of houses made of
brick/concrete
• Houses not designed to
withstand heavy wind or
floods
• Infrastructure not prepared
to deal with flooding
11. • 62,000 MISSING
• Survivors: Hungry,
Thirsty AND
VULNERABLE TO
DISEASES
• --> Desperate for
dwindling supplies of
food and resources
• 1.5 homeless
people --> Still
await for FOOD,
SHELTER and
MEDICINE
13. Government's act of DENIAL: Caused hundreds of
people to die: --> as they waited for aid that was
being generally offered.
- diseases spread, starvation, many lost in sea
Many civilians who were trapped --> left to die
as aid did not come fast enough
14. • Never provided a
warning to to the
areas that were at
danger
• Could not rescue
and save the lives
of many
• Made the
disasters worse
than Necessary
