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Hurricane Sandy (Impacts Cuba (Social (No fresh water or electricity, 11…
Hurricane Sandy
Impacts Cuba
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Environmental
2,600 hectares banana crops destroyed
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Areas close to coast flooded, with beaches being swept away - wildlife and their habitats destroyed
Impacts USA
Social
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650,000 homes damaged or destroyed
250,000 cars destroyed by flood water
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Environmental
Storm surge caused sea water to get into fresh water habitats, damaged wildlife from Delaware Bay to Long Island Sound
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90% beaches in New York and New Jersey destroyed or damaged - average beaches were 9-13 metres narrower after hurricane
1.5 million litres oil split into Arthur Kill (water between New Jersey and Staten Island New York) damaging habitats and killing birds and fish
Responses Cuba
Individuals
Many moved in with relatives or friends, or went to state worker's holiday homes where basic food provided
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Organisations
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Venezuela sent 650 tonnes aid, including non-perishable food, potable water and heavy machinery
Venezuela, Russia and Japan sent humanitarian aid
Cuba Red Cross delivered support in 7 months after hurricane - relief aid went to 25000 families including roofing materials, mattresses, clean drinking water and hygiene and kitchen kits
World Food Program sent US $1 million to assist 788000 people in worst affected areas of Cuba with 1 month food rations
Governments
Sent teams of electricians from all over the island to Santiago province within 12 hours of the hurricane hitting
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Building materials available to residents, including corrugated iron sheets, metal rods and cement
Local governments compiled data from families about the damage so that the government could send appropriate help
Military teams mobilised quickly to clear the streets of rubble and estimated 6.5 million metres^3 of felled trees
Responses USA
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Organisations
Extensive erosion to Delaware Bay beaches - impacted breeding grounds of horseshoe crabs - Canadian Rivers Institute worked with NGOs and public agencies to restore these beaches by clearing rubble and replenishing sand so horseshoe crabs could nest
Red Cross trained 17,000 workers, 90% volunteers, providing 300 response vehicles, 74000 overnight stays and 17 million meals and snacks, with other aid
AmeriCares sent teams of relief workers to hard hit areas, sent aid shipments, and funding for mobile medical clinic. Next two years provided US $7.5 million for 450,000 people
Government
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Promised improved weather forecasting, especially of storm surges
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FEMA and Army Corps Engineers worked with state and local governments to reopen most of the beaches in New Jersey
Department of agriculture promised US $6.2 million for emergency food assistance, infrastructure and economic programs to help repair farmland and flood plains