is not taken as a serious issue. In the past 15‚000 years‚ sea levels have risen one hundred and twenty meters and they are still on the rise (The Attacking Ocean‚ Fagan 4). Millions of people are now living by big water sources where one storm or flood can ruin their whole life. Climate change created and destroyed civilizations‚ and it’s only a matter of time until climate change destroys the advanced civilizations we live in
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(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 63‚817‚281 25‚002‚000
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plants and animals affected by the rising temperatures‚ but so are the intensity of storms. Global warming is believed to be responsible for numerous storms across the world intensifying. Global warming is believed to be causing more severe hurricanes‚ floods‚ and now monsoon season. As the temperatures across the globe continue to rise the intensity of the monsoon storms is continuing to build. If the temperatures continue to rise‚ the storms can become even more severe because they thrive off of hot
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disaster is an event with a natural‚ cause that results in large-scale loss of life or damage to property. It could be related to weather‚ geology‚ biology or even factors outside the Earth. Examples of natural disasters are earthquakes‚ hurricanes‚ droughts and flooding. Disease epidemics are sometimes considered natural disasters‚ but may be put into a different category. In some cases‚ natural and human factors may combine to produce a disaster. Natural disasters are changes that are so great.
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displaced or compelled to migrate because of climate change and extreme weather. Rapid – onset events include hurricane and floods which lead to displaced people temporarily. Drought and desertification are called slower – onset events. Despite slower – onset events are a gradual effect of humankind; it can become more dangerous for a long time for environmental and humankind. Droughts have already affected millions of human life in the world. Leighton (2010) According to Steiner (2011) climate disasters
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temperature‚ precipitation‚ wind and atmospheric pressure. They in turn develop from a variety of meteorological conditions. This topic looks at how extreme weather events lead to immediate‚ subsequent and longer term hazards. Storms‚ river floods and drought clearly illustrate the environmental‚ social and economic impacts of extreme weather 0 impacts that are closely related to the type of hazard involved and the economic situation of those affected. Risks from extreme weather such as flooding
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life is paralyzed. These events which occur aggravate natural environmental processes to cause disasters to human society such as sudden tectonic movements leading to earthquake and volcanic eruptions‚ continued dry conditions leading to prolonged droughts‚
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natural disasters such as prolonged droughts‚ flash floods‚ hail storms‚ land slides‚ cyclones and forest fires. All those disasters were generally then attributed to planetary factors and evil spirits (Kanwar 2001: 3). According to the Kautilya ’s Arthashastra‚ disaster management was a prime duty of the state. The state used to provide relief‚ when the distress conditions became acute (Sharma 2003: 3). According to the Indian Famine Commission (1888)‚ droughts were the root cause of the devastating
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climate change such as drought‚ flood‚ and cyclone‚ the environment such as pollution‚ deforestation‚ desertification‚ pest infestation or combinations of these‚ or the destroy of ozone layer will contribute to the green house effect. People’s homes are wiped out and livelihoods are destroyed. Poverty‚ population pressures and environmental degradation mean that increasing numbers of people are vulnerable to natural disasters. In Australia‚ natural disasters such as floods‚ bush-fires and tropical
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technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary academia‚ disasters are seen as the consequence of
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