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Charlotte Lemaitre

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Taiwan appeals for foreign help - 0 views

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IB A2 IGCSE Taiwan Typhoon management foreign_aid_appeal

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    Taiwan has appealed for international technical assistance to help rescue more than 2,000 people stranded after Typhoon Morakot caused major mudslides
Charlotte Lemaitre

Taiwan's leader takes blame for typhoon response - CNN.com - 0 views

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IB A2 Hazards Disasters Taiwan Typhoon blame President

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    Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday he accepts responsibility for the government's slow response after Typhoon Morakot slammed into the island killing at more than 120 people and unleashing floods, mudslides and misery.
Charlotte Lemaitre

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | 'Devil' typhoon leaves Taiwan reeling - 0 views

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IB IGCSE A2 Hazards Typhoons Taiwan

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    In the hectic corridors of Qishan High School - the centre of rescue operations in the area worst affected by Typhoon Morakot - the sound of helicopters landing and taking off every few minutes roars through the air.
Gemma Archer

BBC News - Tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after massive quake - 0 views

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Hazards and disasters earthquakes tsunami ib_geog2009 Responses Characteristics of hazards Disasters Vulnerability

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  • cars, ships and even buildings being swept away by a vast wall of water
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      primary effects
  • sparked fires in several areas including Tokyo
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      secondary effects
  • A tsunami warning was extended across the Pacific to include the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hawaii, the Pacific coast of Russia and North and South America.
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      responses
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  • Strong waves hit Japan's Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, officials said, damaging dozens of coastal communities. Kyodo news agency said a 10-metre wave (33ft) struck the port of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture.
  • massive surge of debris-filled water sweeping away buildings, cars and ships and reaching far inland.
  • Motorists could be seen trying to speed away from the wall of water.
  • Farmland around Sendai was submerged and the waves pushed cars across the runway of the city's airport.
  • Kyodo said at least 15 people had been killed in the earthquake and tsunami. It was believed the death toll could rise significantly.
  • The earthquake also triggered a number of fires, including one at an oil refinery in Ichihara city in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, engulfing storage tanks.
  • here were reports of about 20 people injured in Tokyo after the roof of a hall collapsed on to a graduation ceremony.
  • Residents and workers in Tokyo rushed out of apartment buildings and office blocks and gathered in parks and open spaces as aftershocks continued to hit.
  • In central Tokyo, Jeffrey Balanag said he was stuck in his office in the Shiodome Sumitomo building because the elevators had stopped working.
  • Bullet train services to northern Japan were halted, rapid transit in Tokyo was suspended and some nuclear power plants automatically shut down.
  • Prime Minister Naoto Kan
  • televised address,
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