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.