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the southern USA with Cyclone Nargis 2008 on Burma and the Irrawaddy Delta.
Hurricane Katrina Cyclone Nargis
New Orleans Irrawaddy Delta, Burma
Scale Of The Tropical • Highest Winds: 175mph • Cyclone Nargis was a strong tropical cyclone that
Storm • Category 5 hurricane. caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded
• Lost hurricane strength later in the storm, more history of Burma.
than 150miles inland. • It began as an intense tropical depression on April
• Costliest disaster in American history 27th 2008 in the Bay of Bengal.
• No electricity, no air-conditioning or water • Meteorologists initially thought that the storm
• City was reduced to a third world state would track over Bangladesh
• However, the storm changed direction and headed
towards Burma, where it made land over the
Irrawaddy delta in the south of the country on May
2nd.
• It had intensified into a category 3/4 storm on the
Simpson–Saffir scale
• 215 km/hr winds
• In some places 600mm of rain fell
Management: Short Term • The cost guard rescued more than 33,000 • The Junta refused aid, because they were paranoid
Response (local, national stranded people of foreign interference.
and international scale) • There was a military presence • Foreign media was banned. Video footage had to
• Countries offering money include: Cuba, be smuggled out of the country. Journalists were
Venezuela, Kuwait, WAE, South Korea, Australia threatened with imprisonment or deported
and China • There was no warning given
• India sent tarps, blankets and hygiene kits • Recovery period much longer for LEDCs. Irrawaddy
• The USA refused aid from Venezuela Delta is the rice-bowl of Burma. The country
• President Bush praised Michael Brown before it depends on it for domestic food supplies.
was apparent that FEMA had handled the disaster • Junta sold foreign donated aid, passing it off as its
badly and he was fired. own
• Katrina was publicized in the world media • Burmese Junta accused of forced labour, child
• NHC gave a hurricane warning and an evacuation labour, stealing food aid, deliberately withholding
order, 24 hours before Katrina made landfall aid, and genocide against the Karen people who
• Images of leaders distributing aid were shown. are a minority ethnic group who live in the delta.
• Images of leaders distributing aid were shown.
Management: Long Term • Congress authorised $63 billion for aid.
Response (Local, • Corporate donations of near $1 billion
National and
International scale)