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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Earthquakes ------------------------------------------------- Flood From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Flood (disambiguation). Contemporary picture of the flood that struck the North Sea coast of Germany andDenmark in October 1634. People seeking refuge from flood in Java. ca. 1865–1876. Flooding of a creek due to heavymonsoonal rain and high tide in Darwin‚Northern Territory‚ Australia. Jeddah Flood‚ covering King Abdullah Street in Saudi Arabia. Flooding
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describe and explain the different impacts of flooding. (25) Floods make a big impact on the environment and society. Floods can destroy drainage systems in cities. Also in cases of severe floods‚ buildings can be damaged and even destroyed. This can lead to catastrophic events on the environment and society. Floods also cause millions of pounds worth of damage. However‚ floods do have a slight positive effect on the environment as floods spread sediment-containing nutrients to soil that might never
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North-West and Kherkatia Suti in Northeast. Geomorphologically the island is alluvial. Large number of wetlands and rivulets constitute excellent breeding ground for numerous indigenous fishes. Every year whether there in flood in Assam or not‚ the Majuli Sub- Division is always affected by floods‚ forcing people to take shelter in roads and higher land. DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS As per the year 2011 Majuli consists of a total of 248 villages with a total population of 153400. Out of this Majuli
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Flood defence funding of £120m announced Many parts of UK have been flooded after heavy storms in recent years. The government has announced £120m of funding for flood defences‚ as households across Britain contend with the aftermath of heavy storms. Ministers estimate that the money‚ which will be delivered between next year and 2015‚ will improve flood protection for up to 60‚000 homes. It comes just days after about 800 UK homes were flooded in recent storms. Labour said it shows how "shortsighted
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3qbu43A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. 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.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without
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INTRODUCTION A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. 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.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in
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was done to prevent the tragedy. In the Civil Engineering Magazine‚ models have been made in the 1990’s and a while before that that‚ if a category 4 or 5 hurricane hit New Orleans there would be a catastrophic flood and the city would be devastated. The magazine says that the flood could reach heights of 25 feet. "With Hurricane Katrina‚ some parts of New Orleans saw up to 20 feet of water" (12a). With all this information being known a while back‚ why wasn’t anything being done to change and
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from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. 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. List of natural calamities 1) Earthquakes 2) Volcanic eruptions 3) Hydrological disasters a. Floods b. Limbic eruptions c. Tsunami 4) Meteorological disasters
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