Introduction Various disasters like earthquake‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ flood and cyclones are natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year. The rapid growth of the world’s population and its increased concentration often in hazardous environment has escalated both the frequency and severity of natural disasters. With the tropical climate and unstable land forms‚ coupled with deforestation‚ unplanned growth proliferation
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Table of Contents Hong Leong Bank Berhad 2 Background 2 Expansion in Peninsular Malaysia 3 Owner 4 Board of Directors 4 Secretary 4 Values‚ Vision and Mission Statement 5 Vision 5 Mission Statement 5 Social Responsibilities 6 Scholarship 6 Environmental Preservation 6 Student Assistance 7 School Building Fund 7 Community Welfare 7 Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct 9 Interview with Hong Leong Bank Branch Manager (Satok‚ Kuching) 9 Assessment toward Hong Leong
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unprecedented rain. But court gives the order in favors of contractor. Later the owner goes to Supreme Court and states that the case of unprecedented flood comes under the force majeure i.e. Clause 47 of the agreement runs under: "Neither party shall be liable to the other for any loss or damage occasioned by or arising out of act of God‚ such as unprecedented flood‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake or other convulsion of nature and other acts such as but not restricted to general strikes‚ invasion‚ the act
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AMENDED 1966 KOSI TREATY AND 1997 KOSI STUDY AGREEMENT Dr. AB Thapa Summary: The 1966 Revised Kosi Treaty is a landmark treaty entitling Nepal absolute right to use the entire water of the Kosi in whatever way Nepal pleases. The amendment of the Kosi treaty from 99 to 199 years solely serves Nepal’s interest. There is no justification in blaming King Mahendra for this amendment to 199 years. The 1997 Kosi Study Agreement
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Section A - Restless Earth The earth’s structure At the centre of the earth is the core. Surrounding that is a mass of molten rock called the mantle. The thin layer on the outside is called the crust. There are two types of crust‚ continental and oceanic. The crust is made up of seven major plates and many smaller ones. The plates move due to convection currents rising in the mantle. Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes Mainly found along plate boundaries. In
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ASSIGNMENT ON FLOOD SUBMITTED TO DR. KHAIRUL BASHAR COURSE NO: GS 410 SUBMITTED BY Ashraful Arefin 4th year (Hons) Session: 2003-2004 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY SAVAR‚ DHAKA 1|Page CONTENTS Questions: 1. What is flood? 2. What are the causes of floods? 3. What are different types of flood? 4. What are the effects of flood? 5. Discuss the different methods of control and prevention of flood. 6. How flood can be predicted? Discuss prediction
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73600acre. It yields 15.83 lacks revenue per year. Agricultural production increase as 30400 tons. It was 147.74 lacks. This project was fully feasible in the eyes of government. If plan 1 was accepted than temple was saved by using gates to save from flood. After making 1 proposal government made 2 proposal. In that‚ if all of three levels rose so that ultimate capacity raise to 1000 million cu. Ft. in that F.S.L. 595 &H.F.L. 606. By doing this the agricultural production increasing and irrigation
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Disaster Recovery at Marshall Field’s Early in the morning on April 13‚ 1992‚ basements in Chicago’s downtown central business district began to flood. Ahole the size of an automobile had developed between the river andan adjacent abandoned tunnel. The tunnel‚ built in the early 1900s for transporting coal‚ runsthroughout the downtown area. When the tunnel flooded‚ so did the basements connected toit‚ some 272 in all‚ including that of major retailer Marshall Field’s. The problem was first
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our blames to the nature. Natural disasters are certainly beyond human control. But human action and inaction can intensely affect their outcome‚ exacerbating or mitigating their effects on people. Different catastrophes alarm us-earthquake‚ flood‚ volcanic eruption‚ tornado‚ tsunami‚ wildfire‚ drought‚ hailstorm‚ heat wave‚ hurricane‚ epidemic‚ famine‚ and other disasters. These events came naturally to us‚ sometimes‚ without further ado. Or is it really naturally? I bet it is not. Human activities
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Causes of Floods Floods are caused by many factors: heavy precipitation‚ severe winds over water‚ unusual high tides‚ tsunamis‚ or failure of dams‚ levels‚ retention ponds‚ or other structures that contained the water. Periodic floods occur on many rivers‚ forming a surrounding region known as the flood plain. During times of rain or snow‚ some of the water is retained in ponds or soil‚ some is absorbed by grass and vegetation‚ some evaporates‚ and the rest travels over the land as surface runoff
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