The Boscastle Flood 2004 Boscastle is a village on the North Cornish Coast which receives many tourists annually. The river Valency flows through the village and joins with the river Jordan‚ a tributary of the Valency‚ in the centre of the village. The flood of Boscastle occurred on Monday 16th of August and was one of the worst incidents of flooding in local memory. It was a flash flood event which took many by surprised due to the fact that Boscastle is not prone to regular annual flooding unlike
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had lived my whole life in Hamilton I heard many things about the 1913 flood in Hamilton‚ Ohio. Throughout all of Hamilton there are many hints that show the flood was here at one time. For example‚ there are many plaques and high water marks. Out of the surrounding places in Ohio Hamilton had got hit the worst with water up to 18 feet high. The flood of 1913 changed Ohio in many ways where you can still see it today. The flood was very important because it impacted Hamilton‚ Ohio and other surrounding
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indigenous communities had no culture or religion at all. During this "Age of Discovery"‚ the first to arrive were the Spanish and French. Spanish conquistadors and French fur traders fought for land and wealth‚ while their missionaries competed to "save the souls" of the natives. It was during this period that the Spanish first encountered the Akimel
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“Transnational Corporation (TNCs) have frequently brought disaster to the local communities in whose regions they invest.” Debate the validity of this claim‚ with supporting evidence and reasoned arguments. 1.0 Introduction TNC or also known as Multinational Corporation (MNC) is a decentralize-national company which primarily has locus of management controls over its subsidiaries in whose region they invest (Shinsato‚ 2005); (Stonehouse ‚ 2000). Although many statements by Daniels‚ (2004)
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Writer: Linber LewisSchool: President’s College‚ GuyanaIf one asks the question‚ what can floods do?‚ then the following may seem like fitting answers. During the summer monsoon season‚ heavy rains cause destructive floods in Southeast Asia. In China‚ the floods of the Huang He River have been so frequent and devastating that the river is called Chinas Sorrow. Likewise in the US‚ record spring and summer rains in 1993 caused the Mississippi Rover to overflow its banks‚ flooding farms and towns from
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Public Funding: The Great Impact On the Community Supersized digital displays‚ retractable roofs‚ luxurious suits and seats‚ brand new state of the art technology‚ all things that are publicly financed by taxpayers and host cities of professional sports teams for their stadiums. Public subsidization is a policy that needs to stay around. Public funding of sports stadiums will boost the economy of not only the city‚ but the region around the city as well. When cities are willing to bring in and subsidize
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CAUSE OF FLOOD IN JAKARTA Flood is a familiar event for the cities in the North Coast of Java‚ including Jakarta. Jakarta‚ which was built by Jan Pieters Z. Coen in the early 17th century with the concept of city water (waterfront city) is a city that is very familiar with the problems of flooding since the beginning of its establishment. But other than that there are other factors that cause flooding in Jakarta. First‚ cause of natural factors. Flood can happen because always happen the
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Bangladesh Floods 1998 [pic] ----------------------- Prediction: ← Bangladesh is built on delta and floodplain of the Ganges‚ Brahmaputra‚ Meghna River‚ this area is expected to flood. ← The annual flood is expected and is needed to make the land fertile for farming. ← Upwards of 300 million people live on the Ganges delta‚ and this is increasing. Effects: ← 2379 people died. ← Destruction of communication network meant it was impossible to deliver food and medical
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river that is covered when the river floods. It is a fertile area because of the alluvium (fine layers of clay‚ silt and other sediments that are deposited when the river floods) which makes it a good place for agriculture. In fact‚ if the alluvium is stable enough to support vegetation‚ salt marches may form. A build-up of alluvium can create levees‚ another lower course feature‚ which raises the river banks. Artificial levees may also be built to reduce the impacts of flooding. Another feature that
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