WEEK 01

QUEENSLAND FLOODS(2010-2011)

Queensland Floods (Much of the central and Southern suburbs were affected) 
 - At least 70 towns with more than 200,000 people affected
 - 28,000 homes flooded
 - December 2010 - January 2011
 - 38 dead and 6 missing
 - Caused 2.38 billion AUD
 - Peaked at 4.46m on 13 January

Aftermath 
 - Don’t drink any water from taps or tanks until your council or authority advises its safe to do so
 - Flood water can be contaminated
 - Consider flood proofing materials
Impacts 
 - Inflated banana prices after being destroyed 75% of the crop
 - Imposed Flood levy

BRAZIL FLOOD 2013

How It Happens 

• Flooding is common in southeast Brazil during the rainy season.

• Torrential rains caused the Flooding that occurred on The 26th of December 2013 in southeastern Brazil.

• Approximately 50,000 we left homeless and 32 people dead across the states of Espirito Santo and Minas.

• The torrential rains were described as the worst in the past 90 years

• At total of 70 towns were affected across Minas Gerais and a state alert was declared in 26 of them 

• A storm also left 16 people and flattened more than 200 houses in the city of Lajedinho in the northeastern state of Bahia

Aftermath

• 200000 kilometers of roads were reported destroyed or damaged

• Homes were destroyed across 47 cities in Espirto Santo, which borders RioDe Jenero state

• Many people were left without communication, drinkable water and power.

• Supplies to the victims were drenched in mud

• Roads were cut of by flooding and landslides 

• The Governor Renato Casagrande stated ‘Going to have to Rebuild the state’.

• Extensive damage caused to bridges and roads

• At total of 70 towns were affected across Minas Gerais and a state alert was declared in 26 of them 

• A storm also left 16 people and flattened more than 200 houses in the city of Lajedinho in the northeastern state of Bahia.

Philippine Floods (2009)

Philippines Flood 2009 

• Worst flooding in Manila for 20 years 

• Caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana when it lashed the island of Luzon. Equivalent of a whole month’s rain fell in six hours. 

• Roads rendered impassable, ferry services cancelled

• Torrential rain caused the worst flooding in the phillipines in over 4 decades

• It submerged more than 80% of the city

• 246 people found dead

• Hundreds and thousands were displaced

• Ruined homes and swept away neighborhoods

• It disabled a majority of Manila’s facilities

• Debris, sewage, abandoned vehicles were tossed around and littered the capital

• Aid workers warn of water bourne diseases. 

• “State of public calamity” 

• Once in lifetime typhoon

• A month’s worth of rain deluged the city in a space of 12 hours.

Shipping containers

http://jasonthomasarchitect.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/5-ideas-for-shipping-container-homes/

• The Shipping Container Tree House has dimension 570 x 371 pixels
• The idea is to limit the damages of using too much trees and soil for buildings
• This design could prevent the lost of properties by flooding.

http://www.ecochunk.com/tag/shipping-container-architecture/

• The shipping container brigde is 160-metre-long
• Designed by Yoav Messer Architects and composed of recycled waste material
• It features numerous observation points and exhibition sapaces
• The design could prevent the lost of properties by flooding.

http://liftupthyneighbor.com/recycled-cargo-container-bridge-architecture-design