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    earthquake can cause huge loss in the amount of human life and property damage. Affects of earthquake The earthquake can make the buildings and bridges to fall‚ disrupt electricity‚ gas‚ and phone service. It can even further cause landslides‚ flash floods‚ avalanches‚ fires and destructive ocean waves‚ also known as tsunamis. The buildings with unstable foundations‚ old watercourses and other unsound structures are greatly at risk. What to do to face earthquake Although‚ there is no guarantee of

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    Bangladesh Floods 1998 [pic] ----------------------- Prediction: ← Bangladesh is built on delta and floodplain of the Ganges‚ Brahmaputra‚ Meghna River‚ this area is expected to flood. ← The annual flood is expected and is needed to make the land fertile for farming. ← Upwards of 300 million people live on the Ganges delta‚ and this is increasing. Effects: ← 2379 people died. ← Destruction of communication network meant it was impossible to deliver food and medical

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    Historical Flood In Minot

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    Historic Flood Hits Minot The sounds of a siren crushed the hearts of an entire city as water overcame the dikes and flooded the streets. The people of Minot‚ North Dakota heard the siren and knew that their lives were about to greatly change. The Souris River topped the dikes in Minot on June 22‚ 2011. About twelve thousand residents were evacuated out of their homes after a desperate attempt to build sandbag walls around their houses and neighborhoods. All that the residents were able to do was

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    Flood Monitoring System

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    Sensors 2012‚ 12‚ 4213-4236; doi:10.3390/s120404213 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors Article A Real-Time Measurement System for Long-Life Flood Monitoring and Warning Applications Rafael Marin-Perez 1‚ ‚ Javier Garc´a-Pintado 2‚3 and Antonio Skarmeta G´ mez 1 ı o 1 Department of Information and Communication Engineering‚ University of Murcia‚ Campus de Espinardo‚ E-30100‚ Murcia‚ Spain; E-Mail: skarmeta@um.es 2 Euromediterranean Water Institute‚ Campus

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    Imagine everything you own is wet. Do you remember the flood here in 2010? Did you or someone you love suffer as a result of it? Of the two pictures above‚ they both illustrate some of the devastating effects of flooding but only one picture is of the Nashville flood. The picture on the left is of the current flooding in Peru. We Nashvillians have a kinship with the people of Peru in that we understand how welcome a clean‚ dry set of clothes is when we have none. We remember what it feels like

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    Fili TEKLE Pro. Gernon HIS 102 Black Codes of Mississippi The main way the white southerners tried to limit the freedom of black slaves was by the use of the KKK. The white southerners tried to limit the freedom of African American was by the use of the Black Codes. The Black Codes were established by the white southerner to keep African American in lawful slavery as second class societies. The laws were formed generally to retain African Americans as an employer for a specific period of time. Black

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    2013 ARGENTINA FLOODS

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    2013 Argentina floods 2013 Argentina floods Duration 2 April 2013–3 April 2013 Fatalities 99+ Areas affected Greater Buenos Aires Greater La Plata From 2–3 April 2013‚ the northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province‚Argentina‚ experienced several flash floods that claimed the lives of at least 100 people. Greater La Plata was hardest hit with 89 reported deaths‚ and Greater Buenos Aires reported 10 deaths. The flooding was the result of extremely heavy rainfall and is said to be the

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    Flood in Assam

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    Form No. Regn.-03 Assam Higher Secondary Education Council Bamunimaidam‚ Guwahati-21 APPLICATION FORM FOR MIGRATION CERTIFICATE 1. Name in full [in Block Letters] 2. Father’s Name & Home Address : : ……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. 3. AHSEC Registration Certificate No. 4. Examination Results Examination passed HSLC HS (Arts/Sc./Com) Name of the Board/ University Examination Roll & No. Year of passing Division / Class : ………………………………………………………

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    Mississippi Museum Essay

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    crafter of miraculous artwork. He has grown up in the heart of Mississippi‚ living and hearing stories of the past and present. This history has captivated and motivated Lott to share his viewpoint with the world. Lott prides himself on his ability to capture the history of the Mississippi in his artwork through his choice of color‚ shape‚ texture‚ and medium. A great example of all these elements is displayed at the University of Mississippi Museum in Oxford‚ Ms in the exhibition Apocrypha. Apocrypha

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    First Writing Assignment “Two Views of the Mississippi” As Mark Twain learned the trade of steamboating he needed to be able to discern between the beautiful aspects of the river which he talked about figuratively and the critical awareness of those same aspects as they pertain to navigation. The two sets of details are in juxtaposition. However‚ there is something larger happening in the excerpt. What is it? Define it as the thematic concern for your paper. Develop your thesis around the

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