Home
Explore
Exams
Login
Get started
Home
Social Studies
Geography
Cyclone Aila
5.0
(2)
Rate it
Studied by 7 people
Call Kai
Learn
Practice Test
Spaced Repetition
Match
Flashcards
Knowt Play
Card Sorting
1/22
Earn XP
Description and Tags
Geography
All Modes
Learn
Practice Test
Matching
Spaced Repetition
Call with Kai
Last updated 11:33 AM on 10/27/22
Update
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced
Call with Kai
No analytics yet
Send a link to your students to track their progress
23 Terms
View all (23)
Star these 23
1
New cards
When did Cyclone Aila happen?
25th May 2009
2
New cards
How many people died?
190
3
New cards
How many people became homeless?
750 000
4
New cards
How many people were affected in total?
3.5 million
5
New cards
What diseases spread?
Typhoid and malaria
6
New cards
How many people had not returned by mid-2010?
20 000
7
New cards
What did many people do?
They migrated and forced to live slums
8
New cards
How was education affected?
Children could not go to school due to homelessness
9
New cards
What do weather forecasts do?
Forecast cyclones through tv and radio
10
New cards
How have weather forecasts been successful in Bangladesh?
They have halved the death rate and forecasts are followed by evacuations
11
New cards
What are challenges with weather forecasts?
Not everyone hears them as they don't have tech
12
New cards
What does satellite technology do?
Track cyclones
13
New cards
How has satellite technology been successful?
It has been done before
14
New cards
What are the challenges of satellite technology?
It's expensive
15
New cards
What are the warning systems?
They allow people to evacuate and are spread through village meetings, poster, film, etc.
16
New cards
How have warning systems been successful?
They have led to evacuations in coastal communities
17
New cards
What are the challenges of warning systems?
Some people don't respond and illiterate people cannot read warnings
18
New cards
What do evacuations involve?
People go to safety shelters which can hold 5000
19
New cards
How evacuations been successful?
Most people who go survive
20
New cards
What are the challenges of evacuations?
In areas without shelters deaths double and more shelters are needed
21
New cards
What are storm surge defences?
They are defences on low-lying land
22
New cards
How have storm surge defences been successful?
Main roads have been built on top of defences
23
New cards
What are the challenges of storm surges?
It's impossible to protect the whole country
Explore top notes
Hamlet, Act II Text Dependent Questions & 2nd Soliloquy
Updated 1316d ago
0.0
(0)
AP Q3
Updated 754d ago
0.0
(0)
FDR & The New Deal
Updated 742d ago
0.0
(0)
INTEGRATED BODY
Updated 1138d ago
0.0
(0)
The Haber Process
Updated 1154d ago
0.0
(0)
Additive Color System
Updated 1259d ago
0.0
(0)
Chapter 4: Consumer Surplus, Producer Surplus and Economic Efficiency
Updated 1154d ago
0.0
(0)
AP Environmental Science: Unit 6 Review - Energy
Updated 1724d ago
0.0
(0)
Hamlet, Act II Text Dependent Questions & 2nd Soliloquy
Updated 1316d ago
0.0
(0)
AP Q3
Updated 754d ago
0.0
(0)
FDR & The New Deal
Updated 742d ago
0.0
(0)
INTEGRATED BODY
Updated 1138d ago
0.0
(0)
The Haber Process
Updated 1154d ago
0.0
(0)
Additive Color System
Updated 1259d ago
0.0
(0)
Chapter 4: Consumer Surplus, Producer Surplus and Economic Efficiency
Updated 1154d ago
0.0
(0)
AP Environmental Science: Unit 6 Review - Energy
Updated 1724d ago
0.0
(0)
Explore top flashcards
APUSH UNIT 4
55
Updated 674d ago
0.0
(0)
IB ESS Case Studies
55
Updated 391d ago
0.0
(0)
Tú Usted and making introductions vocab
22
Updated 933d ago
0.0
(0)
U5- Political Participation- AP Gov + Politics
57
Updated 866d ago
0.0
(0)
ap psych unit 2 vocab
123
Updated 497d ago
0.0
(0)
EXAM 1- KHAN
50
Updated 340d ago
0.0
(0)
Compounds Memorization
25
Updated 1205d ago
0.0
(0)
La fête des rois
20
Updated 419d ago
0.0
(0)
APUSH UNIT 4
55
Updated 674d ago
0.0
(0)
IB ESS Case Studies
55
Updated 391d ago
0.0
(0)
Tú Usted and making introductions vocab
22
Updated 933d ago
0.0
(0)
U5- Political Participation- AP Gov + Politics
57
Updated 866d ago
0.0
(0)
ap psych unit 2 vocab
123
Updated 497d ago
0.0
(0)
EXAM 1- KHAN
50
Updated 340d ago
0.0
(0)
Compounds Memorization
25
Updated 1205d ago
0.0
(0)
La fête des rois
20
Updated 419d ago
0.0
(0)