Atmospheric Science 201 Super Typhoon Haiyan Paper Backed by support from NASA and many of the other leading weather associations‚ super typhoon Haiyan is considered the strongest typhoon/hurricane/cyclone in the history of mankind. With wind speeds up to 235 miles per hour‚ gusts of wind measuring to up to 195 mile per hour at landfall‚ and a barometric pressure of about 895 mbar‚ it devastated not only homes‚ but the lives of the thousands of people living in the Philippines. This
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Max Salem Mrs. Bloom 3-T 23 November 2015 Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument The Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument is outside of MCU Park (home of the Brooklyn Cyclones) in Brooklyn‚ New York. William Behrends who is an artist from North Carolina and he is famous for his portraits of Major League Baseball (MLB) players sculpted the monument and the walkway to the monument was designed by Ken Smith. The idea came to him when he saw Pee Wee Reese‚ who at the time was the captain
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Natural calamities can be of many different kinds‚ but the similarity in all‚ is their massive destruction in the area of their occurrence. The natural disasters are of many kinds‚ they are drought and famine‚ flood‚ earthquake‚ hailstorm and a cyclone. In the wake of all these‚ in one sweep there is complete devastation and destruction‚ due to which normal life comes to a standstill. Loss of life is well nigh complete‚ and belongings of people get lost‚ blown away or swept away. The scene is
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Natural disaster incidence has become a frequent phenomenon throughout the world that can affect anyone‚ anywhere‚ anytime. Every year more than 200 million people are affected by flood‚ drought‚ earthquake‚ wild fire‚ cyclones and other hazards. The trends in recent decades show an increase in number of natural hazards and an increase in the number of affected populations‚ since more and more people are becoming vulnerable to disaster of all type. The world disaster report reveals that from 1994
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Hurricanes and earthquakes are two of the most dangerous natural disasters in the United States. They can be very disastrous and deadly. In the United States‚ there have been 73 hurricanes since 1954. Earthquakes are harder to detect because they have to have at least a magnitude of 5 ("Earthquakes per year‚" 2009). The amount of earthquakes detected in the United States was 1656 in the past 10 years ("Earthquakes per year‚" 2009). The World Meteorological Organization is the organization that can
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and the 300‚000 livelihoods that depend on it. The mangrove swamps can act as shock absorbers‚ protecting communities from cyclones and storm surges that frequent around India and Bangladesh‚ such as Cyclone Sidr in 2007‚ which killed 3‚000 people. The mangroves are the first line of defence against the devastating cyclones‚ able to absorb 30-40% of the total cyclone force‚ being a vital asset to the poorest in Bangladesh‚ a country with GDP of only USD$1‚900 per capita. Apart from protection
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sad‚ she living with her aunt and uncle‚ and her dog toto‚ toto is an only Dorothy´s friends and she is worried about her aunt and uncle‚ she have a small bed in a corner‚ her home is too small‚ One day a Cyclone will come to Kansas‚ and everybody was overwhelmed with this notice. When the cyclone was coming the Dorothy´s house disappeared and landing in a strange place: Oz In Oz Dorothy can make many strangers and specially friends‚ Oz is a wonderful place‚ opposite to Kansas‚ Oz have vivid colors
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the G-force vacuum cleaner. James Dyson is a British inventor and was born in Norfolk in 1947. In his 15th year of trying to master its design and constructing over 5‚000 prototypes‚ Dyson finally mastered the design of the first ever dual cyclone system that didn’t lose suction or clog up. It was called The G-force vacuum. As no other company would manufacture his design‚ Dyson launched his own business‚ Dyson Limited. After the positive feedback from his first design‚ Dyson decided
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River Floods‚ in China‚ left 14 million people homeless. • The 2005 Mumbai floods which killed 1094 people. • The 2010 Pakistan floods‚ damaged crops and infrastructure‚ claiming many lives. Tropical cyclones can result in extensive flooding and storm surge‚ as happened with: • Bhola Cyclone‚ which struck East Pakistan
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to natural hazards causing damage to the housing stock and the related infrastructure are most important for infrastructures development. In this study‚ four natural hazards which are the most common for damaging in Bangladesh‚ namely earthquake‚ cyclones‚ tornadoes and floods are considered to develop the district wise map on the basis of combination of local hazard intensity and vulnerability on observed performance. Risk analysis as indicated in the district-wise are trying to be identified. This
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