GCSE Case Studies Module 1

Somerset levels:

Rivers Parrett/Tone

207 mm of rainfall Jan 2014

Mississippi River:

2001 floods

3 million $ damage… 4,400 people moved

15m high levees for 3000km

Over 100 dams

1750 km of meanders cut through (not sustainable)

Newcastle:

Sea wall upgraded in 2002

Gabions near the mouth of Shimna

Concrete groynes

Typhoon Haiyaan:

Typhoon Yolanda

Phillipines 8/11/2013 November

Category 5 Hurricane—147mph wind

25m storm surge

Over 6000 deaths

Almost 2000 missing

Seed stocks destroyed (less food for 2.5 million)

Over 3.5 thousand people in evacuation camps

5 million homes lost

90% of buildings destroyed within 800km

10,390 schools destroyed

People sheltering in Tacloban stadium, drowned

Indian Ocean Tsunami:

66% of Sri Lanka’s fishing boats destroyed

125,000 injured

1.1   million homeless

30 Metre high Tsunami

187,000 people dead

43,000 missing

17 low islands lost their freshwater (Maldives)

$7 billion in foreign aid

UNESCO 25 stations

Yellowstone: Yoming

Everyone within 1000km killed by ash. Approx. 90,000

Buildings in Chicago/ LA destroyed

Travel disruption

Global temp drop, 10°C, crop harvests fail

6-10 year climate change

Native fauna (Bison and Wolves) likely die in Yellowstone

Asian Monsoon season may fail, causing drought