The Uttarakhand Tragedy In June 2013‚ a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country’s worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Though some parts of Himachal Pradesh‚ Haryana‚ Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India‚ some regions of Western Nepal‚ and some parts of Western Tibet also experienced heavy rainfall‚ over 95% of the casualties occurred in Uttarakhand. As of 16 July 2013‚ according to figures provided by
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Sensors 2012‚ 12‚ 4213-4236; doi:10.3390/s120404213 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors Article A Real-Time Measurement System for Long-Life Flood Monitoring and Warning Applications Rafael Marin-Perez 1‚ ‚ Javier Garc´a-Pintado 2‚3 and Antonio Skarmeta G´ mez 1 ı o 1 Department of Information and Communication Engineering‚ University of Murcia‚ Campus de Espinardo‚ E-30100‚ Murcia‚ Spain; E-Mail: skarmeta@um.es 2 Euromediterranean Water Institute‚ Campus
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2013 Argentina floods 2013 Argentina floods Duration 2 April 2013–3 April 2013 Fatalities 99+ Areas affected Greater Buenos Aires Greater La Plata From 2–3 April 2013‚ the northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province‚Argentina‚ experienced several flash floods that claimed the lives of at least 100 people. Greater La Plata was hardest hit with 89 reported deaths‚ and Greater Buenos Aires reported 10 deaths. The flooding was the result of extremely heavy rainfall and is said to be the
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Chuck Delagol Period 1 2/12/13 Ulysses S. Grant was a war hero and the 18th president of the United States. During his two year term he was criticized for a number of things. One major thing that negatively affected his political career was that he trusted too easily. As a result of this‚ members of his cabinet‚ and lower administration got away with everything from financial mismanagement to theft. Once word of this got out he lost support within his own party. Despite immense efforts‚ Grant
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over 92 deaths occur each year from floods. Again we cannot get away from the need of rain‚ but is there really a need for flooding?
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Jessica Micheaux Professor Barbara Cade World Lit Engl. 2302 30 January 2012 “The Comparisons and Contrast between Gilgamesh Flood & Noah’s Floods” I was asked to compare and contrast using the story of Gilgamesh’s flood and Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6:9). A good number of people know the famous story Noah’s flood‚ but do they know how it resembles to the Gilgamesh flood story? The main stories are so alike; the main theme is the biggest comparisons between the two. They also contrast greatly in the
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The Adobe Flash Player is freeware software for viewing multimedia‚ executing rich Internet applications‚ and streaming video and audio‚ content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Flash Player can run from a web browser (as a browser plug-in) or on supported mobile devices‚ but there also exist versions running directly on an operating system intended both for regular users and content developers‚ denoted with the Projector (or Standalone) and Debugger name suffixes‚ respectively.[2] Flash Player
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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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------------------------------------------------- USB flash drive Definition: USB flash drives are compact file storage devices to save your information externally. Flash drives are about the size of a disposable lighter and can be conveniently worn around your neck or attached to your keychain. The end of the flash drive is inserted into the USB port on the computer. Once attached to the computer‚ they operate in much the same way as floppy drives‚ but have capacities currently in the range
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Flash Memory Strategy Paper Hathaway Browne‚ CFO of Flash Memory‚ Inc.‚ needs to plan on financing existing product lines and new investments that are approved by the board. Recently‚ a new investment opportunity has been introduced: the development of a new product line. Browne is contemplating if this proposal should be accepted by Flash and if it is‚ how it should be financed. This product is anticipating having a substantial effect on sales‚ profits‚ and cash flows. The forecast of this
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