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Charlotte Lemaitre

BBC NEWS | Americas | Living the blues in New Orleans - 0 views

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IB A2 IGCSE Hazards Hurricanes New_Orleans Katrina effects

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  • Charlotte Lemaitre on 17 Jun 09
     
    Living the blues in New Orleans
Matt Podbury

BBC News - Europe's future lies under Africa, scientists suggest - 2 views

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  • Matt Podbury on 11 Apr 11
     
    Europe sinking under Africa - A new subduction event!
Richard Allaway

Hurricanes cleaned up lead-laden New Orleans - environment - 19 May 2010 - New Scientist - 2 views

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katrina case study consequences positive ib_geog2009 hurricanes hazards disaster

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    A positive consequence!
  • Richard Allaway on 30 May 10
     
    A positive consequence!
Matt Podbury

Christchurch Quake Map - 0 views

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earthquake new zealand 2010

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    Earthquake in New Zealand. Visualisation map
Richard Allaway

BBC News - Canada to build Haiti government base, PM Harper says - 0 views

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ib_geog2009 earthquakes haiti response case study hazards management

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  • Canada will build a new headquarters for Haiti's government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced at the start of a two-day visit to the country.Mr Harper said Canada would spend CAN$12m (£7.3m) on a temporary base after January's earthquake destroyed many government offices. The base, made of prefabricated modules and inflatable shelters, is to house key ministries for up to a year.
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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      Gemma Archer on 11 Mar 11
       
      primary effects
  • sparked fires in several areas including Tokyo
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      Gemma Archer on 11 Mar 11
       
      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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      Gemma Archer on 11 Mar 11
       
      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,
Richard Allaway

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Disaster risk increasing, says UN - 2 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 17 May 09 - Cached
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    The risk of disaster worldwide is increasing, says a new UN report.
Richard Allaway

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Amazo... - 0 views

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ib_geog2009 hurricanes Hazards and disasters Vulnerability Disasters

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  • Richard Allaway on 10 Jul 11
     
    Book examines in a brilliant narrative the long-term and short-term causes, successful and unsuccessful responses to Hurricane Katrina along the U. S. Gulf Coast and in New Orleans.  Include a special focus on especially vulnerable populations. [Submitted by John Jordan]
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