Illegal logging‚ mining worsened impact of Philippines’ killer typhoon According to Filipino officials‚ rampant illegal logging and mining were likely a part of the cause for the high casualty count from Category 5 Typhoon Bopha (Pablo)‚ especially in the Compostela Valley where government officials had warned people to stop the illegal activities. So far‚ 370 people have been found dead on the island of Mindanao with another 400 missing. Waters rose so high even emergency shelters were inundated
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Irrawaddy Delta region of Myanmar‚ officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar‚ which was devastated by a category IV cyclone (Nargis) Myanmar is the second largest country on the mainland Southeast Asia. Cyclone Nargis‚ the deadliest cyclone in the history of Myanmar‚ battered Irrawaddy Delta on 2-3 May 2008. With wind intensity of over 200 kilometres per hour‚ the cyclone claimed about 140‚000 lives (TCG‚ 2010) and severely affected about 2.4 million out of the 7.35 million living in the
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is any event of force of nature that is caused by environmental factors that has catastrophic consequences. Natural disasters include: avalanches‚ earthquakes‚ floods‚ hurricanes‚ impact events‚ landslides‚ mudslides‚ tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ tropical cyclones‚ typhoons‚ and volcanic eruptions. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover
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Ratings : 9 Comparison ‚ Contrast between Sendong and Ondoy There were comparison ang contrast between Sendong and Ondoy? It hasthe same effectof one’s life ? How about to our environment ? Well we already observed of those disaster‚ we know that theirs a lot of people who were being affected theres a lot of dreams being distracted though we experienced that disaster that remember everything’s happen‚ there’ a reason. But I know there were not an
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natural disasters 1 A hazard is an event or object that is a potential source of harm to community. A disaster occurs as the result of a hazardous event that dramatically affects a community. Natural Hazards Human Hazards Atmospheric – eg cyclones‚ hailstorms‚ blizzards or bushfires. Technological – accidents‚ explosions or hazardous materials. Hydrological – eg example‚ flooding‚ wave action or glaciers Human – eg. War‚ crowd stampede and terrorism. Geological – eg earthquakes or volcanoes
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2012-01-23 Table of Contents 1. Introduction /Margaret Atwood Author Info 2. Murder in the Dark Summary/Hurricane Alicia Historical Event 3. Survival‚ Space‚ and Place 4. Victim Positions/Work Sited Introduction The author of my independent study novel is Margaret Atwood. Atwood is a multi-award winning writer‚ and also a hobby painter. She is a well known writer of poetry‚ fiction novels‚ and many others. Atwood is most honoured in her recent fiction novels‚ and is very well
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As we were just saying‚ this conflict is a complicated one. First Alcee shows up and keeps Calixta from being alone. While it’s technically OK for them to be alone together from a societal standpoint (they’re both married‚ and it’s a cyclone)‚ it’s pretty clear they both feel a little weird about it.That weirdness is compounded when they start having flashbacks to the more physical interludes they had in the past. Once they start remembering their attraction to another‚ it’s a slippery
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origin in the indigenous religions of past civilizations. The Mayan storm god was named Hunraken. A god considered evil by the Taino people of the Caribbean was called Huracan” (noaa.gov 2005). Ready.gov describes a hurricane as “a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.” It further states that they are accompanied by thunderstorms and spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
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1. In June 2001 tropical storm Allison hit North Carolina and the Optima Air Filter Company. Many employees’ homes were devastated‚ and the firm found that it had to hire almost three completely new crews‚ one for each of its shifts. The problem was that the “old-timers” had known their jobs so well that no one had ever bothered to draw up job descriptions for them. When about 30 new employees began taking their places‚ there was general confusion about what they should do and how they should do
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known fact‚ however‚ is that about 84% of the total heating of the Earth over the last 40 years has gone into warming the oceans. This warming of the ocean is having widespread effects from loss of biodiversity to the increasing number of tropical cyclones. Even changes of less than 5°C are having effects seen around the world. Many studies are starting to suggest that humans are beginning to play a larger and larger role in the increasing of the ocean’s temperature as human’s fingerprint on the ocean’s
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