Hurricane Mitch

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Hurricane Mitch
LEDC hurricane Case study

• By Jacintha Soo Ho, Lorraine Ma Joyce Leung

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Map of the location and the track of Mitch
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Other facts

• On 26th Oct
• 180mph-15hrs
• Central pressure 905 millibars
• Remain Cat. 5 33hrs
• Precipitation
• 50-75 inches in Honduras and Nicaragua
• Not accurate, many stations should have much
  higher figures
• Moisture draws from Pacific Ocean AND Caribbean
  Sea.
• 2 billion tons of water
• GNP/capita (now GNI/capita), 2004
• Honduras- USD970, Rank 146
• Nicaragua- 788, Rank 153
• Between low middle income (1480) and low
  income (450)

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Preparations beforehand..

• Monitored thunderstorms for several days. (MEDC)
• Advance preparation 24 hours
• Strengthen house
• Repairing damages
• Psychological preparation

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Social Effects

• The death toll was 9,000
• 9,694 were labeled missing
• 12,272 were injured
• And effected around 2.5 million out of the 6.2
  million people

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Economic Effects

• GDP dropped by 2 in 1998
• 60-90 of crops destroyed
• US1.8 billion lost on production.
• Effect on production caused a 2 decline in GDP
  during 1999

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Environmental Effects

• Forests tore down
• Landslides
• Mudslides
• River beds raised
• Flood plains coved with debris

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Short Term Effects

• Deaths
• Buildings destroyed
• Flooding
• Landslides
• Mudslides

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Long term Effects

• Drop in GDP
• 124,068 people homeless
• Thousands of people jobless
• Electricity, gas and water supplies
• Shortage of clothing, blankets
• People scared to go home

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Aid

• International emergency aid
• 5 major response programmes
• Children
• Nutrition and Food
• Reconstruction of basic service buildings
• Shelter
• Mitigation

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Aid(continued)

• Organizations which provided aid

• Adventist Development and Relief Agency
• American Jewish Joint Distribution
• American Friends Service Committee
• American Red Cross
• Baptist World Aid
• Brothers Brother Foundation
• CARE
• Catholic Relief Service
• Childreach
• Christian Childrens Fund

• Church World Service
• Doctors Without Borders
• International Aid
• Lutheran World Relief
• Map International
• Operation USA
• Oxfam America
• Project HOPE
• Salvation Army
• World Relief
• Save the Children

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Why do people still continue to live in these
places?

• Lack of money
• Unable to adapt to new environment
• Do not want to leave their homes
• Employment
• Transportation

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How does the level of development in this country
affect their ability to cope?

• Lack of money
• Need MEDC to provide Aid
• Poor infrastructure
• Hard to deal with Cat. 5 hurricanes
• Long recovery period
• Poor drainage systems

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How do tropical storms affect the countrys
ability to develop?

• More money put into recovery plans
• Less tourist around the time storms usually come
• Bad crops grownless money

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Bibliography

• www.dennismartinezfoundation.org/ pro_mitch.html
• http//www.fas.usda.gov/pecad2/highlights/2000/04/
  aguan/
• http//www.iadb.org/NEWS/Display/PRView.cfm?PR_Num
  195_99LanguageEnglish
• http//gbgm-umc.org/umcor-hotline/h81104.html
• http//www.fragilecologies.com/gif/hurr_mitch.gif
• www.fragilecologies.com/ nov17_98.html
• http//www.dep.org.uk/globalexpress/12/page1.htm
• http//www.google.com
• http//www.hurricanehunters.com/mitch.htm
• http//www.disastercenter.com/hurricm.htm
• http//www.plan-international.org/wherewework/amer
  icas/honduras/ourwork/livelihood/hurricanemitch/fa
  ctsfigures/

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