1. 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

2. 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

3. SITUATION ASSESSMENT
ACCURATE, EARLY ASSESSMENTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO DEFINE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF LOSSES AND TO FACILITATE DECISIONMANING

4. ELEMENTS OF LOSS DAMAGE INJURIES COLLAPSE DEATHS RISK LOSS OF FUNCTION
ECONOMIC LOSS

5. A SITUATION ASSESSMENT INTEGRATES THE LOSS INFORMATION GAINED FROM ALL ELEMENTS OF THE “DISASTER LABORATORY”

6. 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

7. 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.

8. THE TSUNAMI WAVES CAUSED THE GREATEST DESTRUCTION
An estimated 5,000 houses were inundated in Iwate.

9. THE TSUNAMI WAVES CAUSED THE GREATEST DESTRUCTION
In Sendai city of Miyagi, 2,700 houses were washed away.

10. THE TSUNAMI WAVES CAUSED THE GREATEST DESTRUCTION
1,800 houses were destroyed in Fukushima

11. DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE
827 roads
47 bridges
seven railways
AIRPORT

12. THE BIG UNKNOWN: RADIATION FROM THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACILITY

13. DEATHS: THE OTHER BIG UNKNOWN DUE TO TH TSUNAMI
Early estimates were far too low.