natural hazard becomes a natural disaster when damage to people property or society is sufficient to cause a long recovery and rehabilitation process The four major hazards that affect are 1. drought 2. bush fires 3. tropical cyclones and storms 4. floods Cyclone Larry • AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE WERE INJURED; MOST INJURIES WERE MINOR. • ABOUT HALF THE BUILDINGS IN INNISFAIL AND 80 PER CENT IN BABINDA‚ TO THE NORTH‚ WERE DAMAGED. • THE BANANA INDUSTRY REPORTED LOSSES
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takes a very short period of time to form. In most cases flash floods few form and take place Nature of floods There are few places on Earth where people need not be concerned about flooding due to their location. Rain is not the only impetus for flood even a broken dam wall can be the stimuli of a flood. A flood occurs when water overflows or inundates land that ’s normally dry. This can happen in a multitude of ways. Most common floods are when rivers or streams overflow their banks. Excessive
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this is the general rise in sea level globally‚ due to global warming as well as the saturated nature of the wetlands in the Niger Delta. Periodic floods occur on many rivers‚ forming a surrounding region known as flood plain. Rivers overflow for reasons like excess rainfall. The good thing about river overflows is the fact that as flood waters flow into the banks‚ sand‚ silt and debris are deposited into the surrounding land. After the river water subsided and go back to its normal
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Flooding in Nigeria SUMMARY Floods are among the most devastating natural disasters in the world‚ claiming more lives and causing more property damage than any other natural phenomena. In Nigeria‚ though not leading in terms of claiming lives‚ flood affects and displaces more people than any other disaster; it also causes more damage to properties. At least 20 per cent of the population is at risk from one form of flooding or another. In Nigeria‚ flood disaster has been perilous to people
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and impacts of the 1998 Flood Bangladesh - Fact File is one of the world’s most densely populated countries! has a population of 125m inhabitants is one of the poorest countries in the world with a GNP of $200 per head has three of the world’s most powerful rivers passing through its country - The Ganges‚ the Meghna & the Brahmaputra contains virtually no raw materials or rock experiences floods and tropical storms every year The Physical Causes of the Floods Most of the country consists
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history of flooding due to abnormal climate conditions. Every year precautions are taken to help minimize damages that are caused by the flooding. There are four main reasons that contribute to the river flooding so often. These main reasons for the floods are: Synchrony of discharge with spring thaw‚ ice jams‚ glacial lake plain‚ and the decrease in gradient downstream. The first reason that contributes to the river flooding so often is the ice melting in the spring. The Red River flows northward
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FLOODING IN BANGLADESH CAUSES OF THE FLOODS There are several physical reasons why Bangladesh suffers from flooding almost every summer; It has the perfect conditions for such as disaster- this is because : • tropical cyclones from the bay of Bengal bringing heavy rain and storm waves in late summer • 70% of the land of the total area is less than 1 metre above sea level • The total annual rain falls in the summer of Dhaka is almost 2000mm • Rivers lakes and swamps cover more than 10% of the
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Floods in Asia: Lessons to be learned from Thailand Said Irandoust‚ Asit K Biswas Special to The Nation January 25‚ 2012 1:00 am [pic] During the last year‚ many Asian countries have witnessed flooding‚ including Bangladesh‚ China‚ India‚ Japan‚ Laos‚ North Korea‚ Pakistan‚ Thailand‚ the Philippines and Singapore. The economic damage has varied significantly - minor in Singapore but very substantial in Thailand. The floods have once again brought the twin issues of disaster management and
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being that its one meter above sea level‚ as well as it being a LEDC meaning it’s a less economical developed country. The rivers leading from the Himalayas flow into the sea‚ when they suffer with heavy rain the excess water starts to over flow and flood and waterlog land and surroundings. The physical causes are‚ the monsoon climate brings very heavy rain and snow‚ and soils are leached and heavy runoff results in soil erosion‚ snow melting results in soil erosion and a rapid increase in river discharge
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