- Rank: 1st - Criteria for Ranking: 306 death (the most deadly earthquake in year 2012) - Date: August 11‚ 2012 - Location: East Azerbaijan Province‚ Iran - Type: Twin earthquakes (Magnitude 6.3 and 6.4) - Description: The earthquake resulted in an estimated 306 deaths‚ over 5000 injured‚ most of houses destroyed. - Sources of information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquakes_in_2012#cite_note-98 and http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb000bupa.php#details -
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Many people are affected by natural disasters every day. Some are worse than others‚ but no matter the severity‚ there is usually a loss‚ and a cry for help. The first one I want to talk about is the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010. By January 24th‚ at least 52 aftershocks (a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake)‚ measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimate of three million people were affected by the earthquake. Death toll estimates ranged from 100‚000
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Natural human caused Disasters 1. The rig’s malfunctioning blowouts preventer ultimately failed‚ but it was needed only because of human errors. Those errors originated with a team of BP engineers in Houston‚ such as 1. Fewer barriers to gas flow 2. Fewer centralizers to keep cement even 3. No bond log to check cement integrity 4. Pressure test misinterpreted 5. Mud barrier removed early 6. Blowouts preventer failed. 2. In the months following the Gulf oil disaster‚ wildlife managers‚ rescue crews
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no person could imagine waking up with everything they needed and then the next day wake up with absolutely nothing. Hurricane season if from the beginning of June and until the end of November. In this time in 2005 one of the world’s worst natural disasters occurred on August 23 and ended August 31 and it destroyed everything in it’s path like office buildings‚ local restaurants‚ businesses‚ many homes and even killed people. Hurricane Katrina terrorized and destroyed most of the Southeastern area
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Introduction Natural hazards are naturally occurring weather patterns and climate events that can cause severe or catastrophic damage to affected areas‚ flora and fauna. Australia suffers from many natural hazards such as bushfires‚ floods‚ heat waves‚ cyclones as well as droughts. Due to our generally hot‚ dry and unpredictable climate the country is prone to many bushfires. Bushfires impact Australia by damaging the environment‚ weakening the economy in addition to creating social distress. Bushfires
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Witnessing human terror since ages‚ the valley is under the threat of floods due to a week long incessant rain which is affecting the rescue operations as well. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Sunday declared the situation a "national-level disaster"‚ and announced a special assistance of Rs 1‚000 crores for the flood-hit state‚ from PM’s relief fund. River Jhelum flowing 14 feet above the danger mark. Homes‚ military bases and hospitals inundated in the region’s main city Srinagar as the
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ridges and depressions and piled with debris of fallen walls. The steel rails were twisted into perpendicular and horizontal angles." The earthquake’s awesome power is depicted even in the beginning of the document when London describes how the natural disaster ruined "thousands of dollars’ worth of walls and chimneys." The force also exhibited enough magnitude to ignite many fires in the factories of the working-class ghetto according to London. Strong imagery and an almost anguishing mood is also
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buildings such as the National Palace‚ Parliament Building‚ and the United Nations headquarters. As a result of the buildings slowly disintegrating a lot of people got crushed and stuck inside the buildings without an escape. An eye witness says this natural disaster was provoked by the deformation along the Léogâne fault thus causing the earthquake to slip- forcing the rock upward across creating a fracture in the earth’s crust. The trembling of the earthquake was felt across Haiti and to the Dominican
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Did you know that a hurricane is basically a small tornado? When warm air and cool air collide over a large water source such as a sea or ocean‚ a hurricane is made. Hurricane Katrina just happened to be the second largest hurricane in United States history. Being formed in the Caribbean Sea‚ it was at first a category 1 hurricane. It gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico‚ placing it’s rank at category 5. After hitting Louisiana at it’s highest peak‚ it decreased to category 3. Winds at 120 miles
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General insecurity across the country‚ portends great danger’ On January 26‚ 2012 · In Law & Human Rights 12:12 am 0 By Abdulwahab Abdulah Prince Adetunji Orisalade‚ a lawyer of over 25 years is the Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Orisalade‚ a former Chairman‚ Lagos State Valuation Court in Badagry division between 1995-2000 in this interview spoke on the state of the nation‚ arguing that President Goodluck Jonathan did not carry Nigerians along before the increase
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