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1/22/2021

Explain what sort of problems a country might experience shortly after a natural hazard

  • e.g. Kobe - Earthquake 1995 in Japan.
  • Kobe is a city housing 1.4 million people.
  • Gas and electricity pipes were fractured - causing fires.
  • Final death toll +4,500 and +25,000 injured.
  • Water, gas, and electricity were cut off in many homes.
  • A loss of water meant it was difficult to put out fires.
  • Most people lived in temporary shacks which were destroyed by fire easily.
  • The Earthquake measured 6.9 on the Richter scale.
  • The disaster relief plans were inadequate.
  • Sanitation was another major problem because there was no running water.