discharged in one day alone. Forty years later‚ the survivors of flood fury in north-eastern Bihar are returning to their homes without fully knowing how a repeat of such discharge in a day can ruin them altogether. The sudden diversion of the Kosi’s course last fortnight already inundated huge tracks of Supaul‚ Madhepura‚ Araria‚ Purnea and Saharsa districts‚ traditionally non-flooded pockets of Bihar’s annual monsoon fury. The flood‚ which has killed over 50 persons and impacted over 30 lakh people
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through Political leaders‚ elders‚ Volunteers and NGOs * Create lead time by interpreting Warnings * Plan to include movement of resources with time frame. * Aim to reduce the destructive potential of cyclones‚ timely & appropriate relief to victims and quick & durable recovery ‘Disaster management can be defined as the organization and management of resources and
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan and Abuturab Khan 12. October 2008 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/11052/ MPRA Paper No. 11052‚ posted 12. October 2008 23:59 UTC Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan Professor‚ Department of Development Studies COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Abbottabad and Institute of Development Studies NWFP Agricultural University‚ Peshawar
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was made in 1937 “During the Great Ohio River Flood of 1937‚ at the height of the Great Depression…” (“Behind the picture:.” 1937). It was originally published in Life Magazine. It is a photograph created by White’s famous large format camera. The caption from Life magazine reads‚ “During the Great Ohio River Flood of 1937‚ at the height of the Great Depression‚ African Americans in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ line up seeking food and clothing from a relief station‚ in front of a billboard ironically proclaiming
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are going to bring our representation up in other parts of the country as well in a coming few years so that we can achieve our aim of making ECLO a national-level organization and serve our country effectively. We have inducted two Earthquake affectees aging 12 and 13 in a school located North of Mansehra. Both worked as waiters in a small restaurant and belong to very poor families. We are going to increase this number in coming academic year InshALLAH. We have announced our teams which are:
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Public Policy towards Natural Disasters in India Disconnect Between Resolutions and Reality 2005 Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (A Programme of NCAS) B-64‚ Second Floor‚ Sarvodaya Enclave‚ New Delhi- 110 017‚ India Tel: 91-11-26537603 E-mail: cbadelhi@vsnl.net National Centre for Advocacy Studies (http://www.ncasindia.org) Serenity Complex‚ Ramnagar Colony‚ Pune- 411 021‚ India Tel: 91-20-22952003 / 4 E-mail: ncas@vsnl.com Public Policy towards Natural Disasters in India
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through the great plain of northern India. It has long been notorious for its devastating floods‚ which may rise as much as […] 9 m in 24 hours and which long made vast tracts of northern Bihār unsafe for habitation or cultivation.”2 The special features of the Kosi river are therefore its high amount of sediments it is transporting and the resulting floods – an aspect we will discuss later more detailed. The last flood of the Kosi river happened in August 2008‚ the repercussions of which were disastrous
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A heavy downpour caused a flash flood in Taman Perdana recently. Last week‚ there was a thunderstorm rained cats and dogs. The rain started in the morning and in three days continuously. The villagers have been worried about this rain. The water level in a nearby river rose to a dangerous level. Within a few minutes‚ the water overflowed the river banks and the housing area was flooded. Residents were worried as the water continued to rise. The residents were caught unaware as everything
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Natural Disasters We have all seen the awful effects of a flood or an earthquake - if we’re lucky only on the news. About 75 percent of the world’s population live in areas affected at least once by earthquake‚ tropical cyclone‚ flood or drought between 1980 and 2000 (Reducing Disaster Risk UNDP report‚ 2005). What causes natural disasters? First we need to get a bit technical. Natural hazards and natural disasters may sound like the same thing but there is a small but vital
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Typhoon Sendong in Iligan Sendong‚ the worst typhoon to happen in the city of Iligan‚ is well-known in the country for its cause of destruction in Iligan. The flood cost many people to die‚ destroy structures and properties. With its effect‚ the city government of Iligan faces a new impediment of its society. When the typhoon hits Iligan‚ hundreds of lives were slayed in no exemption. It killed men‚ women‚ children and even a whole family was vanished. Students together with their dreams for
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