Japan earthquake : 100,000 people searched and rescued - immediate response , people evacuated to schools and public buildings - immediate response , runway repaired - long term response , express way repaired - long term response , added sea walls - long term response , 15,800 died - primary effect , 4.4 million homes left without electricity - primary effect , tsunami 40M high - secondary effect , damage of over $235 billion - secondary effect , 11 March 2011, Haiti earthquake : 230,000 people died - primary effect, 1 million left homeless - primary effect , 2 million left without water and food - secondary effect , cholera outbreak - secondary effect , bottled water supplied - immediate response , USA sent rescue teams - immediate response , Reubuilt the port, this was expensive - long term response , new homes built to withstand storm - long term response , 12 January 2010, Typhoon Haiyan : 6000 died - primary effect , 4.1 million left homeless - primary effect , power loss for months - secondary effect , infections and disease spread - secondary effect , one million food packs donated - immediate response , 1200 evacuation centres for the homeless - immediate response , oxfam replaced fishing boats - long term response , cash for work cleanup - long term response , 8 November 2013, Somerset levels : use of boats to rescue and commute - immediate response , community buildings used a support - immediate response , £20 million flood plan -long term response , river dredging- long term response , 600 homes flooded - social impact , rails and roads flooded - economic impact , £10 million worth of flood damage - economic impact , debris needed to be cleaned - environmental impact , January 2014,

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