COMPARING QUAKES! This exercise should allow you to compare the effects of quakes on countries at different levels of development and to then try and suggest reasons for any differences or similarities you find. | |MEDC – Kobe‚ Japan |LEDC – Kashmir‚ Pakistan | |Location |Kobe is located 32 kilometres west of Osaka on the |The epicentre is Muzzafarabad the capital of
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Haiti very obviously needs help right now. The storm had devastated the country‚ leaving entire parts of it destroyed. Hurricane Matthew only added to the pain and loss the country was already recovering from due to the previous earthquake in 2010‚ and the country needs help now more than ever. I would work to earn money. I’d sell things‚ perhaps have a bake sale‚ to earn enough money to donate to the foundation Hope For Haiti‚ which is a charity that focuses entirely on helping Haiti through things
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Monte’ Atkinson English 112-07 Ms. Suchanec 26 April 2013 Rough Draft The Black Death was undoubtedly one of the most devastating diseases that occurred during the middle ages. The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was s worldwide epidemic that caused the death of more than 20 million people throughout Europe. The plague killed over a third of the entire population. However‚ I will include two book sources and two articles. Authors Jerrold Atlas‚ Barbara Tuchman‚ Graham Twigg‚
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In January 2010‚ an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude occurred nearby the capital city of Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti. As of June 2015‚ 103‚565 internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Haiti continue to live in camps established in the aftermath of the earthquake and‚ according to the United Nations‚ some 70‚000 of the remaining IDPs have no prospect of a durable solution (Human Rights Watch‚ World Report 2015: Haiti). Despite considerable IDP relocations since 2010‚ increasing violence against women and children
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Mission trip to Haiti My feet felt like they were walking on quicksand as I was walking down the hallway to the hatch. My nerves were bouncing off the walls. I have never been out of the country before‚ let alone with a bunch of strangers. The plane ride felt like it was so short because I didn’t know what my eyes would foresee when I landed. I was heading toward a country with one of the worst devastating earthquakes recorded‚ Haiti! The opportunity came to me when my church was signing up people
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Lee West Speech 2-3:20 Topic: Haiti 2012: Why are half a million people still in camps? Organizational Pattern: Problem Solution Specific Purpose: To persuade the government help is need in another place and action needs to be taken Primary Audience Outcome: I want the audience to notice there are others suffering more than themselves. It doesn’t hurt to lend a helping hand. Introduction: Two years on from the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti‚ killing more than 200‚000 people and
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In 2010 Haiti suffered from a 7.0 magnitude‚ leaving 2 million people homeless. After this tragedy Haiti received a great amount of personnel and foreign aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)‚ World Health Organization (WHO)‚ and citizens all over the world. Six years later‚ there are still hundreds of tent camps filled with people‚ and thousands of people are still outside the half built‚ half destroyed‚ Port-au-Prince palace. The people live in front of the nation’s capital are jobless
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SUMMARY- This article is about the devastation from hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Donald Trump is trying to help Puerto Rico with a waiver known as “Jones Act”. The Jones Act makes goods shipped between places in the United States to be carried by American-made vessels. WHY: Puerto Rico wants the waiver to access medicine‚ food‚ clothing‚ and other supplies. WHO: Donald Trump is helping Puerto Ricans with this waiver. WHEN: On September 8th‚ a temporary waiver was granted by the request of the
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Cause and Effects of the Devastation of Nature The devastation of nature is a global concern nowadays. It is because the changes that’s been done to nature which is caused mostly by human activities. When we pollute the air‚ land and water‚ this harms the nature. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down forest also destroys the nature. These are only few of the activities that contribute to the devastation of nature. Overgrazing and groundwater pumping are some of the activities that damage
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High Amputation Rate in Haiti: Current and Potential Solutions Background On January 12th 2010‚ Haiti was hit by a significantly powerful earthquake. The magnitude was recorded at a 7.0 on the Richter scale. The death toll was estimated to be over 100‚000 people (Cooper 2010). After the earthquake‚ many deaths and injuries occurred due to the poorly built homes and buildings. These accidents happened from the weak infrastructures of buildings and homes collapsing in on the people. Many difficulties
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