Indian Ocean Tsunami

Short Term Effects
1. Over 1.7 million homeless
2. In Aceh more than 80,000 houses were either badly damaged or destroyed
3. 310,000+ deaths
4. 5-6 million in need of emergency water, food and medical supplies
5. 650,000+ people injured
Secondary Effects
1. Economic Factors
  1. Fishermen's livelihood lost due to loss of coastal fishing industries
  2. Loss of tourism revenue from areas such as Thailand
2. Environmental Factos
  1. Seawater makes soil infertile
  2. Sand dunes, coal reefs and forests made infertile
3. Diseases such as cholera and dysentery spread
Immediate Responses
1. 5 million relocated to aid camps
2. Bodies buried in mass graves in the street in order to get rid of them
3. Soldiers, planes and ships sent to counties in order to distribute food and help victims
Long Term Responses
1. Early warning system panted in the middle of the Indian Ocean, costing $12 million
2. $7 billion provided by NGOs and governments all across the world
3. Disaster Management Plans set in place and volunteers trained
4. Plans were set up to spend £190 million to build 20,000 horses
26th December 2004
Measured 9.1 on the Richter scale according to US Geological Survey

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