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Afghanistan Blizzard

BY: Ethan Weinheimer

2nd Period

5/13/14

Effect on the War

The Temperature

The Afghanistan Blizzard had a huge effect on the war because of the low visibility of the blizzard itself. It also meant the U.S. had to send in more troops with supplies to help Afghan citizens with their conditions.

  • Afghanistan's temperature has dropped to -22 Celsius otherwise known as -8 Fahrenheit which is the coldest it has been in Afghanistan 30 years!

Afghanistan citizens traveling by horse to get to the city

A car covered in snow

Facts

  • Parents had to sell their children to get bread and coal
  • The blizzard hit Afghanistan's capital Kabul first
  • The U.S. has sent more than 130 troops to help the citizens of Kabul
  • Believe it or not bread and coal were the highest demanding items during the blizzard

A car flipped over by the blizzard with it flooding out the contents inside

Afghanistan's Disaster History

Visual

Afghanistan Landslide

  • 10 Earthquakes
  • 2 floods
  • 2 landslides
  • 1 Drought
  • Afghan Avalanche: 2009
  • Salang Avalanche: 2010
  • Afghanistan Blizzard:2008

Conclusion

  • Citations(MLA)

What is a Blizzard?

I learned from doing this project that a worldwide disaster like the Afghanistan Blizzard is classified as a disaster because of the toll that it had on the hundreds of lives in Afghanistan and the pain of the loved ones over seas.

A blizzard is a dangerous winter storm that is a combination of blowing snow and wind that results in very little visibility.

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Casualties of the Blizzard

U.S. base in Afghanistan covered in snow

  • An estimated 1337 people have died from bitter cold and frostbite
  • 231 people have been injured
  • Over 1000 homes have been destroyed
  • Around 316,000 animals including: sheep, goats, and cattle died in the blizzard
  • The Public Health Ministry released that over 170,000 Afghanistan people have been diagnosed with pneumonia
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