The Boscastle Floods: August 16th 2004. Causes: Rain A hot day in August (16th 2004) Really torrential thunderstorm 60 mms in two hours Really tall convectional clouds The remnants of Hurricane Alex Valley shape Really steep sided deep valleys of the R. Valency and the R. Jordan The valleys funnel the water down towards Boscastle Small ‘flashy’ catchments that funnel water into rivers quickly. 23 sq. km. Rivers run off the high ground of Bodmin Moor (relief rainfall) Geology Impermeable
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Suggest why many countries find El Niño weather anomalies very challenging.(10)Countries in the Monsoon climatic region of SE & S Asia depend on the rains that come with the precision of Calender dates (due to the precise dates of Sun’s seasonal shift as per Calender dates). It is essential for their agriculture‚ where countries with huge populations have to feed them‚ made possible with assured crops. Any variation in timing & rainfall quantum affects their crop production adversely. It also leads
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Wreaking Havoc: Natural and Man-made Most of the time‚ disasters are the head of the news. We receive daily news about disastrous events in our world. What can we do about these disasters? Could we stop it from devastating the world? We cannot put our blames to the nature. Natural disasters are certainly beyond human control. But human action and inaction can intensely affect their outcome‚ exacerbating or mitigating their effects on people. Different catastrophes alarm us-earthquake‚ flood
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. One of the five deadliest hurricanes‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. 1‚836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods. Property damage was estimated at $81 billion. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida‚ causing
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LIFE IS A DAY Yeah sure‚ life is a day. A bright sunny morning is just the thing‚ And the whole beautiful day lies before you. You are young and inexperienced‚ With your whole future ahead of you. Of course you can’t tell at a what time of the day The storm will hit or how heavy it will be‚ But it is always there Maybe more than one. Noon strolls in. You feel older now and yes‚ you are. But sometimes you don’t understand yourself Or other people who think they know more than you
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flood fury in uttarakhand A scientific analysis of the reasons for the disaster that struck Uttarakhand‚ particularly the temple town. THE primary trigger for the Uttarakhand disaster following the very heavy rain during June 16-18 was the extremely unusual behaviour of the monsoon this year over north India. The incessant‚ heavy rainfall over three days‚ perhaps accompanied by a few cloudburst-type events (which cannot be confirmed)‚ resulted in flash floods and associated landslides. The devastation
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7 Study Figure 7. (a) Suggest why many countries find El Niño weather anomalies very challenging.(10) El Nino is referring to the dramatic change that occurs in the walker circulation cell and in other areas but I am going to focus on this specific area‚ where the usually south-easterly trade winds going from west of South America to Australia and Indonesia across the Pacific Ocean reverse or severely weaken. This occurs usually every 3-7 years and can last between 12-18 months. During an El
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New Orleans Levee Improvement after Hurricane Katrina ------------------------------------------------- Course Project Elizabeth Sarmento Project Risk Management May 28‚ 2013 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 New Orleans: A Perilous Future 3 Fault Tree One 6 Figure 1.1 6 Fault Tree Two 8 Figure 1.2 8 Conclusion 8 A bibliography 9 Introduction New Orleans: A Perilous Future The levees and floodwalls protecting New Orleans from hurricane’s and floods were designed
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Geog task 51 – exam question Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the responses to them (40 marks) ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The British Isles has a cool temperate western maritime climate including four seasons and various weather conditions. Storms come and go some so weak they are unnoticed and some bring in heavy winds and torrential
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Is it Possible to Oversimplify Tragedy? Everyone knows or has experienced a tragedy in their life. Tragedies happen all around the world and each person may experience the same type of tragedy‚ for example‚ hurricanes‚ tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ car accidents‚ the 9/11 attack‚ or even death. Deepak Chopra tell his opinions about reactions to a tragic event in his article “After tragedy‚ brain needs to heal”. He lets the readers know his thoughts and feelings about how there are only two reactions to a
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