LEDC Prevention, Response and Recovery
Haiti Cyclone After-math
LEDC Prevention-
LEDCs can’t prepare as much as MEDCs because they are less wealthy and educated. LEDCs don’t have any equipment to check if a cyclone is coming and even if they did, most wouldn’t understand what it meant. Even if a cyclone was predicted by another country to hit the LEDC it would be hard to let the citizens of the LEDC know and convince them to evacuate or prepare because of language barriers and little to no education. Organisations such as Red Cross, however, managed to accomplish evacuating at least 5000 people before cyclone Sidr hit. They did that by using megaphones and drums to draw people’s attention.
Another reason why LEDCs can’t prepare as well as MEDCs is because LEDC’s buildings are usually flimsy, unsafe and wouldn’t stand a chance against a cyclone. Because LEDCs lack money and knowledge they can’t build ‘cyclone-safe’ buildings.
LEDCs rely on aid for funding while MEDCs rely on the government.
LEDC Response-
An LEDC’s response to a cyclone is usually slow because there aren’t really any emergency services or governments to tell them what to do or help them out. Other countries will usually send people over to help out an LEDC but that might take a day or so. This is very different to MEDCs who would usually start the clean up as soon as possible which is usually the next day.
LEDC Recovery-
LEDCs usually struggle much more than MEDCs when it comes to recovering from a cyclone. After the cyclone has hit, many people are left on the street because their houses have been destroyed. This means that people have nowhere to live and that’s a big problem. Rebuilding their homes the same way as before is quite useless because if another cyclone hits then the same thing will happen, on the other hand, it would be difficult to build strong ‘cyclone-proof’ homes because they cost way too much and require skill to build. Thankfully, some organisations volunteer to build houses for the victims of LEDCs to give them somewhere to live and shelter them from another cyclone.
Another reason why recovery is hard in an LEDC is because standing water brought in by the floods can spread and cause diseases that can leave people really sick. This just adds to the list of problems the LEDC has now. Another problem is that the cyclone has possibly destroyed crops, which may be the main food supply in an LEDC, this causes famine, leaving people even more vulnerable to diseases and likely to die of starvation. The most important thing at this stage is the aid that is being given to them by other countries. Sometimes countries will send over food and clothing for aid instead of money and that food would be really useful.
Lastly, everywhere is pretty much either damaged or destroyed, this means that lots of people must still be trapped under the rubble. If this was in an MEDC then there would most likely be emergency services to help out but in LEDCs that is sometimes not possible. The people of the LEDCs would either have to do it themselves or wait for help from other countries.
LEDCs can’t prepare as much as MEDCs because they are less wealthy and educated. LEDCs don’t have any equipment to check if a cyclone is coming and even if they did, most wouldn’t understand what it meant. Even if a cyclone was predicted by another country to hit the LEDC it would be hard to let the citizens of the LEDC know and convince them to evacuate or prepare because of language barriers and little to no education. Organisations such as Red Cross, however, managed to accomplish evacuating at least 5000 people before cyclone Sidr hit. They did that by using megaphones and drums to draw people’s attention.
Another reason why LEDCs can’t prepare as well as MEDCs is because LEDC’s buildings are usually flimsy, unsafe and wouldn’t stand a chance against a cyclone. Because LEDCs lack money and knowledge they can’t build ‘cyclone-safe’ buildings.
LEDCs rely on aid for funding while MEDCs rely on the government.
LEDC Response-
An LEDC’s response to a cyclone is usually slow because there aren’t really any emergency services or governments to tell them what to do or help them out. Other countries will usually send people over to help out an LEDC but that might take a day or so. This is very different to MEDCs who would usually start the clean up as soon as possible which is usually the next day.
LEDC Recovery-
LEDCs usually struggle much more than MEDCs when it comes to recovering from a cyclone. After the cyclone has hit, many people are left on the street because their houses have been destroyed. This means that people have nowhere to live and that’s a big problem. Rebuilding their homes the same way as before is quite useless because if another cyclone hits then the same thing will happen, on the other hand, it would be difficult to build strong ‘cyclone-proof’ homes because they cost way too much and require skill to build. Thankfully, some organisations volunteer to build houses for the victims of LEDCs to give them somewhere to live and shelter them from another cyclone.
Another reason why recovery is hard in an LEDC is because standing water brought in by the floods can spread and cause diseases that can leave people really sick. This just adds to the list of problems the LEDC has now. Another problem is that the cyclone has possibly destroyed crops, which may be the main food supply in an LEDC, this causes famine, leaving people even more vulnerable to diseases and likely to die of starvation. The most important thing at this stage is the aid that is being given to them by other countries. Sometimes countries will send over food and clothing for aid instead of money and that food would be really useful.
Lastly, everywhere is pretty much either damaged or destroyed, this means that lots of people must still be trapped under the rubble. If this was in an MEDC then there would most likely be emergency services to help out but in LEDCs that is sometimes not possible. The people of the LEDCs would either have to do it themselves or wait for help from other countries.