Fig. 1 shows an emergency poster designed for households on the Caribbean island of Dominica before hurricane season. It includes a house with roof straps, ...

Assessment: Geography 9230 | Paper 1 Mock 01 | Written Paper 1 Subject: Geography - 9230

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Fig. 1 shows an emergency poster designed for households on the Caribbean island of Dominica before hurricane season. It includes a house with roof straps, a battery radio, stored drinking water and an evacuation bag. Table 1 shows the number of households reached by different warning methods during a recent tropical storm.

Warning methodHouseholds receiving warning (%)
Radio broadcast74
Text message63
Door-to-door volunteers41

(a) Which warning method reached the greatest proportion of households? [1]
(b) Outline one action shown in Fig. 1 that could reduce hurricane impacts. [1]

Answer Details

(a) Radio broadcast [1]. (b) Any one: use roof straps to secure the roof [1]; store clean water [1]; prepare an evacuation bag [1]; listen to a battery radio for warnings [1]. [1]

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