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Cyclone Winston - LIC

Yvonne Liu 6 questions

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  1. 1Fiji is a [blank_start]low[blank_end] [blank_start]income[blank_end] [blank_start]country[blank_end] and an island located in the [blank_start]south[blank_end] [blank_start]Pacific[blank_end], off the coast of [blank_start]New[blank_end] [blank_start]Zealand[blank_end] with a population of [blank_start]860000[blank_end]. In [blank_start]February[blank_end] [blank_start]2016[blank_end], it experienced one of the strongest storms in the [blank_start]southern[blank_end] hemisphere - a category [blank_start]5[blank_end] storm which was travelling at more than [blank_start]230[blank_end] km per hour was called [blank_start]cyclone[blank_end] [blank_start]Winston[blank_end].
    1. Alow
    2. Bincome
    3. Ccountry
    4. Dsouth
    5. EPacific
    6. FNew
    7. GZealand
    8. H860000
    9. IFebruary
    10. J2016
    11. Ksouthern
    12. L5
    13. M230
    14. Ncyclone
    15. OWinston
  2. 2Some of the primary environmental impact included [blank_start]habitats[blank_end] being destroyed as well as [blank_start]42000[blank_end] tonnes of debris that had to be cleared in the [blank_start]Lomaiviti[blank_end] province.

    The secondary environmental impacts included an increasing [blank_start]breeding[blank_end] site for [blank_start]disease[blank_end] carrying insects and the [blank_start]burning[blank_end] of debris leading to more [blank_start]pollution[blank_end].
    1. Ahabitats
    2. B42000
    3. CLomaiviti
    4. Dbreeding
    5. Edisease
    6. Fburning
    7. Gpollution
  3. 3Some primary social impacts included - [blank_start]360000[blank_end] people were affected, [blank_start]44[blank_end] people were killed as well as [blank_start]80[blank_end]% of the population lost access to [blank_start]electricity[blank_end].

    The secondary impacts included - [blank_start]225[blank_end] [blank_start]schools[blank_end] were destroyed leading to lots of [blank_start]unemployment[blank_end] and after [blank_start]3[blank_end] weeks, [blank_start]54000[blank_end] people still needed some form of shelter.
    1. A360000
    2. B44
    3. C80
    4. Delectricity
    5. E225
    6. Fschools
    7. Gunemployment
    8. H3
    9. I54000
  4. 4Some of the primary economic impacts included - loss of [blank_start]communication[blank_end], a total damage that costed $[blank_start]1[blank_end].[blank_start]4[blank_end] [blank_start]billion[blank_end] as well as the [blank_start]Nadi[blank_end] [blank_start]international[blank_end] [blank_start]airport[blank_end] being shut down.

    Some of the secondary economic impacts included - the [blank_start]agricultural[blank_end] industry lost a total of $[blank_start]54[blank_end] [blank_start]million[blank_end] and the medical costs on top of the damage costed a total of [blank_start]1[blank_end]/[blank_start]5[blank_end] of their total [blank_start]GDP[blank_end].
    1. Acommunication
    2. B1
    3. C4
    4. Dbillion
    5. ENadi
    6. Finternational
    7. Gairport
    8. Hagricultural
    9. I54
    10. Jmillion
    11. K1
    12. L5
    13. MGDP
  5. 5Short term responses - the government declared a [blank_start]state[blank_end] of [blank_start]emergency[blank_end] for a total of [blank_start]2[blank_end] months which meant that there were international organisations such as NGO's and the [blank_start]UN[blank_end] giving [blank_start]relief[blank_end] aid to Fiji, debris was cleared for [blank_start]reconstruction[blank_end], in [blank_start]2[blank_end] days, the [blank_start]airport[blank_end] was reopened to allow [blank_start]medical[blank_end] supplies to be imported from [blank_start]New[blank_end] [blank_start]Zealand[blank_end] and [blank_start]Australia[blank_end]. The government also offered top-up [blank_start]beneficiaries[blank_end] to help boost the economy.
    1. Astate
    2. Bemergency
    3. C2
    4. DUN
    5. Erelief
    6. Freconstruction
    7. G2
    8. Hairport
    9. Imedical
    10. JNew
    11. KZealand
    12. LAustralia
    13. Mbeneficiaries
  6. 6Long term responses - the government gave up to $[blank_start]9[blank_end] [blank_start]million[blank_end] of financial support to [blank_start]40000[blank_end] families for reconstruction, Australia donated £[blank_start]3[blank_end].[blank_start]6[blank_end] [blank_start]million[blank_end], help from C[blank_start]hina[blank_end], I[blank_start]ndia[blank_end] and S[blank_start]outh[blank_end] [blank_start]Korea[blank_end], charities such as [blank_start]Oxfam[blank_end] and the [blank_start]Red[blank_end] [blank_start]Cross[blank_end] also helped with donations, Empower Pacific helped to offer [blank_start]psychological[blank_end] support. There was also the '[blank_start]Help[blank_end] [blank_start]for[blank_end] [blank_start]Homes[blank_end]' scheme to help low income families to reconstruct.
    1. A9
    2. Bmillion
    3. C40000
    4. D3
    5. E6
    6. Fmillion
    7. GChina
    8. HIndia
    9. ISouth
    10. JKorea
    11. KOxfam
    12. LRed
    13. MCross
    14. Npsychological
    15. OHelp
    16. Pfor
    17. QHomes

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A level Geography (Hazards) Quiz on Cyclone Winston - LIC, created by Yvonne Liu on 16/03/2021.
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