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EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN 2011
NAME – KISHOR SARAN
ROLL NO. – 28, GUIDED BY:- MAA’M RUMA
BHADURIYA
BATCH – C2
DISASTER
DEFINATION:-
DISASTER IS A SUDDEN,
CALAMITOUS, EVENT BRINGING GREAT
DAMAGE, LOSS, DESTRUCTION AND
DEVASTATION TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
TYPES OF DISASTER
i) NATURAL DISASTERS-eg.: FLOOD,
CYCLONE,DROUGHT,EARTHQUAKE,
COLD WAVE,THUNDERSTORMS, HEAT
WAVES , STORMS,ETC.
ii) MAN MADE DISASTERS-eg.: SETTING
OF FIRE, EPIDEMICS,
DEFORESTATION, POLLUTION , WARS ,
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS, ACCIDENTS,
FOOD POISONING,ETC.
1. UNPREDICTABILITY
2. UNFAMILIARITY
3. SPEED
4. URGENCY
5. UNCERTAINTY
6. THREAT
FEATURES OF
DISASTER
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI
- EARTHQUAKE HAD HIT ON 11TH MARCH,2011
AT ‘TOHOKU’.
- IT WAS OF MAGNITUDE 9.0 .
- TSUNAMI WAVES REACHED UPTO 40.5mts
(133ft) IN ‘MIYAKO’.
- THE TSUNAMI MOVED TO ‘HONSHU’.
- AFTERSHOCK HITS THE WEST COAST OF
‘HONSHU’-6.3 MAGNITUDE.
- JAPANESE NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL
SAFETY AGENCY ANNOUNCED THAT
RADIATION NEAR THE PLANTS MAIN GATE IS
MORE THAN 8 TIMES THE NORMAL LEVELS.
CASUALITIES AND DAMAGES
-ACCORDING TO THE REPORT , 15854
WERE DEAD,3167 MISSING,26992
INJURED.
-FIRES WERE TRIGGRED ,MANY BECAME
HOMELESS.
-MORE THAN 125000 BUILDINGS WERE
DESTROYED.
- RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION WAS
GENERATED, WITH IRREVERSIBLE
DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
WHO WAS AFFECTED BY IT HAPPENING?
•Social •Economic
•Environmental •Political
• Government officials missing
• Towns have to rebuild without their leaders
• Town halls destroyed
• Rebuilding after devastation on such a grand scale is difficult for all people
• People are struggling to envisage a future in their towns
SOCIAL EFFECTS
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- RESCUE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED
OUT.
- FOOD WERE SUPPLIED, MEDICAL
ATTENTION WERE PROVIDED TO THE
INJURED.
- SHELTERS WERE ALSO PROVIDED.
- -INFRASTRUCTURE WERE RE-
CONSTRUCTED.
- JAPANESE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY
WAS FORMED TO CARRY OUT ABOVE
MENTIONED TASKS.
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