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A SNAPSHOT OF THE SITUATION ASSESSMENT IN JAPAN ON DAY 4. BASED ON REPORT FILED BY UN’s OCHA ON DAY 4 AFTER THE MARCH 11 EARTHQAKE MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A SNAPSHOT OF THE SITUATION ASSESSMENT IN JAPAN
ON DAY 4 BASED ON REPORT FILED BY UN’s OCHA ON DAY 4 AFTER THE MARCH 11 EARTHQAKE MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
A LOOK BACK ONE MONTH AFTER THE M9.0 QUAKE
• THE DECISIONMAKING PROCESS DEPENDS UPON GOOD, EARLY SITUATION ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE COMPLICATED BY THE LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY
SITUATION ASSESSMENT
ACCURATE, EARLY ASSESSMENTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO DEFINE THE
NATURE AND EXTENT OF LOSSES AND TO FACILITATE DECISIONMANING
DAMAGE DAMAGE INJURIESINJURIES
ELEMENTS OF LOSSELEMENTS OF LOSS
COLLAPSE COLLAPSE DEATHSDEATHS
LOSS OF LOSS OF FUNCTIONFUNCTION ECONOMIC LOSSECONOMIC LOSS
RISKRISK
A SITUATION ASSESSMENT INTEGRATES THE LOSS
INFORMATION GAINED FROM ALL ELEMENTS OF THE
“DISASTER LABORATORY”
PROPERTY DAMAGE COASTAL REGION OF TOHOKU
The Government reported that 2,852 buildings were destroyed and over 40,000 damaged either by earthquake ground shaking, fire, or tsunami
PROPERTY DAMAGE COASTAL REGION OF TOHOKU
The Government reported that 2,852 buildings were destroyed and over 40,000 damaged either by earthquake ground shaking, fire, or tsunami.
THE TSUNAMI WAVES CAUSED THE GREATEST DESTRUCTION
An estimated 5,000 houses were inundated in Iwate.
THE TSUNAMI WAVES CAUSED THE GREATEST DESTRUCTION
In Sendai city
of Miyagi, 2,700 houses were washed away.
THE TSUNAMI WAVES CAUSED THE GREATEST DESTRUCTION
1,800 houses
were destroyed in Fukushima
DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE
• 827 roads• 47 bridges• seven railways• AIRPORT
THE BIG UNKNOWN: RADIATION FROM THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACILITY
DEATHS: THE OTHER BIG UNKNOWN DUE TO TH TSUNAMI
Early estimates were far too low.