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Flashcards by Yolanda He, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Yolanda He
almost 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Name of island off Sumatara where people evacuated to the hills | Island folklore recounts an EQ and tsunami in 1907, and the islanders fled to inland hills after initial shaking yet before the tsunami struck. |
| Name and location of tourists who helped evacuate people in Thailand 1 | On Maikhao beach in northern Phuket, Thailand, a 10-year-old British tourist named Tilly Smith had studied tsunami in geography at school and recognised the warning signs of the receding ocean and frothing bubbles. She and her parents warned others on the beach, which evacuate safely. |
| Name and location of tourists who helped evacuate people in Thailand 1 | John Chroston, a biology teacher form Scotland, also recognised the signs at Kamala Bay north of Phuket, taking a bustload of vacationers and locals to safety on higher ground. |
| Who first detected the earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami | The PTWC(Pacific Tsunami Warming Centre, located in Hawaii, detected the earthquake off Sumatra immediately and within 15 minutes of the event. |
| Number of medical teams sent by Thai government | Deployments included approximately 100 teams providing emergency clinical care, 12 teams providing technical support and health education, five teams conducting active surveillance and investigating potential outbreaks, six teams providing mental health support, and three teams of MOPH- accredited massage therapists providing traditional Thai massage therapy for relief workers and displaced persons. |
| The date that medical teams were sent by Thai government | The first team from Bangkok arrived on December 26, approximately 6 hours after the tsunami struck. |
| How long did it take teams to reach affected provinces | The first team from Bangkok arrived on December 26, approximately 6 hours after the tsunami struck |
| Number of people treated by Thai medical teams | As of January 9, an estimated 90,000 persons in affected communities, relief centers, and displaced camps had received medical and mental health care. |
| Number of teams sent to investigate outbreak of disease | 5 |
| How much aid was given by the USA | The US has pledged additional funds in long-term US support to help the tsunami victims rebuild their lives. On February 2005, President Bush asked Congress to increase the US commitment to a total of 950 million US dollars. |
| Who developed the tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean | The United Nations started working on an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System and by 2005 had the initial steps in place. |
| How many seismic stations now exist in the Indian Ocean | It consists of 25 seismographic stations relaying information to 26 national tsunami information centers, as well as three deep-ocean sensors. |
| Number of tsunami warning centres in Indian Ocean countries | 0 |
| Cost of Indian ocean warning system | cost a total of 20 million dollars. |
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