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INTRODUCTION A natural calamities is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. It 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. The earth’s wrath destroys everything in its stride. Usually it is at peace but once it unleashes its
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Release How can the families of Los Angeles be prepared for an earthquake? This is a very important question that haunts us every day‚ because we don’t always know when they are coming and how bad they will be. I am Donte Lindsey and I am the director of Earth Preparedness of Los Angeles. With any type of danger the first thing you need to be prepared with is knowledge. Today we will discuss the hazards that are associated with earthquakes here in the city of Los Angeles‚ the causes and the plate tectonics
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with nothing. And as if struggling to recover from Typhoon Yolanda is not difficult enough‚ Filipinos in Bohol are still recovering from the earthquake that had hit the country just last month. Talk about bad luck. But of course‚ Filipinos have already adapted to this. Because of our location our country has been a victim of countless typhoons‚ earthquakes‚ and other natural disasters. So‚ really we are not a stranger to these kind of things. Despite‚ of all the happenings we remain strong. In fact
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but interestingly‚ the proportion of disasters began to increase after the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s (Rubenstein‚ 2012). According to historic disaster records on Haiti‚ the country experienced a devastating earthquake in 1564‚ and two major earthquake events in the 1600’s and 1700’s (DesRoches‚ Comerio‚ Eberhard‚ Mooney‚ & Rix‚ 2011). In the 1800’s‚ Haiti began to experience more frequent disasters (cyclone and two
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tsunamis‚ and earthquakes and more. Those natural disasters can lead to financial‚ environmental‚ and human losses. The ten deadliest natural disasters of the past century in order are the China Floods in 1931‚ the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976‚ the Bhola Cyclone in 1970‚ the Haiyuan earthquake in 1920‚ the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004‚ the Haiti Earthquake in 2010‚ the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923‚ the Cyclone Nargis in 2008‚ the Bangladesh cyclone in 1991 and the Ashgabat Earthquake in 1948.
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make its effects much worse. Earthquakes can affect people in many different ways in countries all over the world. They are a product of intense seismic activity where plates are interacting‚ at a destructive of transform faults‚ particularly leading to a build up of tension below the Earths surface. When this tension is released the buildings‚ bridges‚ pipes etc which lie in the line of the seismic waves can often not withstand the force and strain of the earthquakes and can potentially harm people
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because an earthquake of that magnitude calls for tremendous preparation and building accountability. Explained by New York Times columnist Kathryn Schultz‚ “the stuck edge of North America is bulging upward and compressing eastward‚ at the rate of‚ respectively‚ three to four millimeters and thirty to forty millimeters a year”. While it doesn’t seem like much‚ the result of the collision will be catastrophic. I am
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Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira‚ Aobaku‚ Sendai‚ Miyagi 980-8577‚ Japan norio@shiratori.riec.tohoku.ac.jp Abstract The Great East Japan Earthquake caused many casualties and radiation contamination from the Fukushima nuclear power plant‚ and many problems still remain in the disaster area. The communication network was severely affected by the earthquake. The network disconnection greatly delayed the rescue work and isolated many residential areas. This lack of robust network connection has
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Bhavna Sharma EST 330 TA Notes Week 2 Predictions of Natural Disasters Most disasters are unpredicted 99% of the time With earthquakes‚ history will tell us that one is possible‚ but it can’t say when one will occur‚ or at what time‚ or at what magnitude With tropical cyclones we know of the existence of a storm about 7 or 8 days in advance‚ but there is still great uncertainty about exact location of landfall until 24 hours before. Useful tools: satellites- ability to see where tropical
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