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    the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. List of natural calamities 1) Earthquakes 2) Volcanic eruptions 3) Hydrological disasters a. Floods b. Limbic eruptions c. Tsunami 4) Meteorological disasters a. Blizzards b. Cyclonic storms c. Tropical cyclones d. Extra tropical cyclones e. Droughts f. Hailstorms g. Heat waves 5) Tornadoes 6) Wildfires 7) Health disasters a. Epidemics 8) Space disasters a. Impact events b. Solar flare Natural calamities in Bangladesh   Bangladesh is

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    | Hwa Chong Institution Integrated Humanities 2013 – Sec 3 Geography ElectiveWeather StudiesExercise 5: Tropical Storms – Comparative Study | Name: _______________________ ( ) Date: _____________ Class: ______ 1. Read GA 423‚ GA359 and GF 530 and fill in the relevant information in the table below. Online – Cyclone Nargis: http://beta.searca.org/searca/index.php/knowledge-management/knowledge-resources/policy-brief-series/226-rebuilding-myanmars-agriculture-after-cyclone-nargis

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    daily about the damages done‚ and showed all of the people that were in need of help. But through the novel‚ you really get vivid details of what it was like for people who actually had to sit and wait for the storm to be over. You get to imagine and see the struggle that people had to go through to survive. The Batiste family struggling to get out of their flooded house‚ getting hurt in the process of getting to safety

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    devastating storms that caused significant damage. Whole communities were shredded into rubble‚ and families where left homeless in an instant. Those that were not directly affected by the disaster where touched by the tragedy and stepped up to lend a hand. At this time of great need‚ the community came together to provide aide to those in distress. The weeks following the storms revealed the best of the community. The storms may have been strong‚ but the bonds formed in the community after the storms‚ were

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    natural environmental causes. Hurricane Sandy was one of the biggest storms to hit the Northeastern United States. The storm affected many homes and businesses forcing many businesses to close. The destruction was unpredictable but North Shore LIJ employee’s response was great. Whit Just about 16 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient facilities‚ the enormity of the challenge facing North Shore LIJ both during and after the storm. As Part of its disaster preparedness planning for any emergency‚ North

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    return on their stock before and after the date of dissipation of the hurricane‚ observed as August 30th‚ 2005. Results show stock returns‚ although dropping slightly after Hurricane Katrina‚ not having any measurable negative effect as a result of the storm. These results support the efficient market theory‚ as the insurance industry did not have any adverse effect from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina‚ allowing for no opportunity for abnormal return or avoidance of a loss. Appropriate statistical

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    Hurricane Andrew of 1992. Hurricanes can pop up at any time. They can cause massive amounts of damage. A hurricane starts as mass amounts of wind. What happens is the pressure drops. There is sometimes a storm and usually a mass amount of clouds. The weather would be cloudy and rainy during the storm. The hurricane that this paper is about Andrew of 1992 in Florida. Trees were toppled and agricultural damage was done. Andrew reached hurricane strength on the morning of August 22‚ 1992‚ becoming the

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    This tornado was formed along the Mississippi River in Louisiana and Mississippi. It hit Louisiana and Mississippi on May 6‚ 1840. this tornado was an EF-5‚ that is the highest category in fastest tornadoes.this storm was in between 261-318 miles per hour. The tornado killed 317 people and injured 109 others. The damage cost about 1 billion dollars to repair all of the homes and buildings that were destroyed during the tornado. This was a horrible disaster but not

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    essay will explain how you can properly prepare yourself for a category 5 storm. First‚ you should buy enough supplies to support you and your family for one to two weeks possibly without power. You should buy your supplies well in advance in order to have an abundance of materials. According to Rick Knabb‚ the Director of the National Hurricane Center‚ “If you wait until the hurricane is on your doorsteps‚

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    Hurricanes are one of the most deadliest storms on Earth and are only called hurricanes when they from over by the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific Ocean.Hurricanes also from near the equator by warm oceans. First the hurricane needs the ocean’s temperature to rise to about eighty degrees from about fifty feet to one hundred sixty five feet below surface (Underwater). Another important key a hurricane needs to form is winds mainly coming from the west (Westward)‚ as this happens the water evaporates due

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