properties on the sea front including the post office. They were known as Walcott Flood Wardens. Some of them were fishermen so were very familiar with how the weather conditions could cause major problems with the sea. Two of them are still flood wardens today. In 1997‚ the parish council decided that the flood wardens should change their name as it was putting people off of buying property in Walcott knowing that there were flood wardens monitoring the sea in case of flooding and someone suggested they
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FLOOD MITIGATION PLAN IN KEDAH 1.0. Introduction Malaysia’s rapid development with the implementation of major programs in agriculture‚ infrastructure‚ industrial and commercial. However‚ like other countries‚ Malaysia is not spared from facing the problem of flooding either natural or caused by development and logging are not planned. Therefore‚ Malaysia took the initiative to create and implement flood mitigation projects to reduce flood-hit areas. Implementation of flood mitigation projects
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who suffered from Albany Flood of 1994. Albany and surrounding areas in Southwest Georgia endured the natural disaster hailing from a Tropical Storm named “Alberto”. This natural disaster flooded the campus of Albany State College‚ later to be known as Albany State University. In which this caused the enrollment of students attending Albany State College to decrease slightly. Through research findings‚ I will compare the number of students enrolled before and after the flood by reviewing historical
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Thunderstorms Kyle Cowan Known as the electric storm‚ thunderstorms occur all the time. When a thunderstorm starts to occur‚ the air starts to cool as it rises. Cumulus clouds start to form as water vapor starts to condense. As condensation occurs‚ heat (latent heat/energy)‚ starts to release from the atmosphere and assists the thunderstorm in becoming created and grow. Soon as the thunderstorm is formed‚ condensation high in the cloud (now in the form of water droplets or ice) starts
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quotation‚ or statistic): We often see pictures of floods on the television news. Topic Sentence (one sentence – Topic + Controlling Idea): The floods can be very damaging. Points of Development: 1. Financially 2. Physically 3. Emotionally BP1: Topic Sentence (POD#1): First‚ the floods can cause a heavy financial loss to the victim. Explanation One(one sentence): The victim has to pay for property and possessions destroyed by a flood. Example One (one sentence): It takes a long
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1998 Bangladesh has experienced one of its disastrous floods. Many people were affected by the flooding because they lost their belongings‚ made homeless and lost their homes. In the worst flooding over 800 people were reported dying and there was a high risk of catching malaria and other diseases. There was no fresh water because all the wells‚ streams and ponds were contaminated by the flood water. All their farmlands were destroyed by the flood water which leads the people to face a hungry future
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References: Abdul-Akeem‚ Sadeeq. 2012. A Look at Nigeria’s Bourgeoning Emergency Management System: Challenges‚ Opportunities‚ and Recommendations for Improvement. Abubakar‚ Auwal AIR WORLDWIDE. 2011. A Comparison of the Great Mississippi River Floods of 1993 and 2011: Implications for Crop Insurance and Reinsurance BID-CEPAL‚ 2000. A matter of development: how to reduce vulnerability in the face of natural disasters Department: Technical Studies and Conference Proceedings. www.iadb.org/ sds/env/publications
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Flood appears as a curse to the people who are directly affected by it. There are mainly two reasons that can create a flood: excessive rains and overflow of rivers. Rain is wel¬come for the growth of crops and cooling down the atmos¬phere‚ especially after the hot summer. But excessive rains spoil the harvest‚ and sometimes with the accumulated rain water‚ the tanks are overflowed and fields and roads remain under water‚ and even water enters the courtyard or drowns the ground floors of human habitations
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Running Head: IMPROVING FLOOD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 1 Improving Flood Emergency Preparedness in League City Abstract This paper explores a vital need to the residents of League City in regards to flood emergency response. Based on online research from the City of League City Mitigation Plan‚ Galveston County Mitigation Plan‚ and The Council for Excellence in Government‚ a local flood preparedness campaign focusing on a coordinated community emergency preparedness educational
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can be equipped for them. The top 10 possible emergencies include: 1. Floods‚ 2. Fires‚ 3. Winter Storms‚ 4. Tropical Storms‚ Tornadoes‚ and Thunderstorms‚ 5. Influenza Pandemic also known as the Flu‚ 6. Hazardous Material Incidents‚ 7. Earthquakes and Landslides‚ 8. Nuclear Threat‚ 9. Dam Failures‚ and 10. Terrorism. Floods The most common natural disaster in the United States is Flooding. Floods can happen in various ways. Floods can start slow during a long rain period‚ or if warm air trails after
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