141‚340‚476 GDP (PPP): $258.8 billion GDP Per Capita: $1‚900 Population Below Poverty Line: 35.6% Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots: Cyclones Droughts Earthquakes Floods Landslides Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots (Weighted by Mortality) Cyclones Droughts Earthquakes Floods Landslides EM-DAT Information (1907-2004): Disaster Cyclone Drought Earthquake Flood Volcano # of Events 137 5 6 64 Total Killed 614‚112 18 34 50‚310 Avg. # Killed 4‚483 4 6 786 Total Affected
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Time Line of Christchurch Bay 1366- there was a severe erosion at Highcliffe. 1587- Richard Popinjay’s produced a sketch map of Isle of Wight. 1587- Dorset and Hampshire defences were set up. 1595- John Norden created a map of Hampshire‚ showing the village of Hordwell 1654- Old data of the previous data were seen by Burton 1695- Robert Morden modified the map created by John Norden 1703- on the 24th of November‚ a very severe storm known as the Daniel Defoe’s storm appeared‚ producing
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effect. Some of the natural disasters include earthquakes which occur in seconds‚ cyclones and landslides in minutes‚ flash floods and tsunamis in hours‚ and volcanoes in weeks. Some of these disasters can be predicted well in advance‚ these include cyclones‚ tsunamis‚ volcanoes etc. Some cannot be predicted like earthquakes‚ flashfloods‚ and landslides. The flashflood followed by landslides that occurred in Uttarakhand could not be predicted. The general causative features of disasters
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GREENWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL ADITYA PURAM‚ SUMMER VACATION ASSIGNMENT 2013-2014 CLASS – VIII English Read three stories of contemporary authors of the world- Eg. American‚ British‚ Indian and make a comparative study of their works Language – Social background‚ political influence‚ value systems‚ economy etc. fgUnh% Hkkjr ikd foHkktu ds dkj.k vke vkneh dk D;k gJ gqvk] mldh Hkkoukvksa dks fdl izdkj foHkkftr fd;k x;k] D;k euq"; dks ns’kksa esa ck¡V nsus Hkj ls gh euq";rk Hkh c¡V tkrh gS\ fdUgha ik¡p
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would become dominant in certain areas. In Malaysia‚ oil palm became the dominant species while the other species of plants would lose out and face extinction. Another major effect of deforestation is the higher occurrence of landslides. In Bukit Antarabangsa‚ Malaysia‚ landslides have been occuring
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have voiced their concern on damaging impacts caused by the dam‚ including landslides which have consequently caused waves of 50 metres high in the reservoir directly behind the dam. It’s only been since September‚ at a government - organized conference that the severity of the impacts was touched upon without being dismissed as ‘abnormalities’. Many of the officials running the project brought up that erosion‚ landslides‚ environmental degradation and natural disasters have all become more frequent
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Eventually‚ a call came asking the street player to get into a nearby white limousine. A man entered the car and sat next to the street player. The man began to ask a few additional questions‚ including‚ If a stranger was having a personal crisis‚ someone you had never met nor spoken to before‚ do you think you could call and offer
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research:The OCD said the flashfloods and landslides hit New Bataan‚ a first-class municipality in the gold-rush area of Mt.Diwalwal‚ which is surrounded by mountain ranges that supposedly keep away from typhoons.Diwalwal is categorized by Environment and disaster agencies‚ however‚ as one with a high geohazard risk‚ owing to the activities of small miners. Two days before Pablo struck authorities had issued an appeal to them to stop in order to cut the risk of landslides. At least 20 people went missing
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various places across this mountain. Cloudbursts‚ that is sudden and violent rainfall‚ followed by flash floods are generally reported in the monsoon period. Such events are related to extreme hydrometeorolgical conditions leading to debris flow‚ landslide and eventually the blockade of river channels‚ which consequently wreak havoc downstream. The Alaknanda flood of 1970‚ considered to be the worst disaster of its kind in northwest India of the last century‚ was triggered by a cloudburst followed
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The Indian Monsoon The monsoon is a yearly cycle‚ where the direction of the wind changes‚ bringing storms and rainfall to the land‚ and when the wind changes again it brings drought to the land. This creates a wet and a dry season in some areas‚ such as the Indian region. However‚ this is not a set of wet and dry seasons‚ the monsoon varies from year to year and even from day to day. The word “monsoon” is believed to have originated from the Arabic word mausem‚ which itself means “season” (Fein
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