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    Las Vegas seems to be one of the safest major cities when it comes to the threat of a major natural disaster‚ but still the city suffers from one of the most common natural hazards quite often. One of the major natural events or extreme weather that happens in Las Vegas is monsoons and flash flooding. A few times a year‚ there are flash floods where the rain seem to come out of nowhere and water builds up in some areas very quickly. Flash flooding is something that will be experienced in the future

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    Chapter Twenty focuses on coastlines and ocean basins. While learning about tides‚ surf zones‚ and waves‚ the “Earth Policy” on page 562 was eye-catching. The Great New Orleans Flood occurred after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Even though New Orleans had been struck by Hurricane Katrina‚ the damage and fatalities were adding up. Although there were levees in place along the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal‚ flood waters still managed to rise above the levees and poor into New Orleans. Even though New

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    Hurricane season can take a deadly toll on many countries found in the Caribbean‚ such as Haiti. Most recently‚ Hurricane Matthew hit the small country and led to the death of almost nine hundred people. The hurricane having destroyed their homes and flooded the streets brought disease to their front doors‚ and for those already sick‚ it brought death. The country has barely been able to rebuild since the earthquake in 2010‚ causing the recent disaster to have a bigger impact on the country than

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    Effect of Hurricane Katrina According to dosomething.org‚ Hurricane Katrina affected over 15 million people in different ways varying from having to evacuate their homes‚ rising gas prices‚ and the economy suffering. Citizens in Louisiana and New Orleans suffered the most from this disaster because the levees were designed for Category 3 Hurricanes while Hurricane Katrina was much stronger. Not only the levee system failed in this disaster‚ but also the US government failed the people of Louisiana

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    Hurricane Matthew has claimed at least 478 deaths in Haiti‚ and left over 300‚000 people in need of disaster relief. An estimated 61‚000 people have sought shelter in the impoverished country. Heavy winds sustaining speeds of up to 140 mph accompanied by torrential rain caused massive flooding in Haiti and left a trail of destruction wherever the storm passed. Rescue workers are trying to assess the extent of damage‚ which was not immediately known because the hurricane had hampered communication

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    Lightning‚ thunder‚ rain‚ and rough seas are part of the life of a sailor. The savage waves rock the boat in all directions‚ chairs roll‚ pens drop‚ and sailors get seasickness. Indeed‚ surviving the stormy seas is a natural part of the sailing experience for many young sailors unprepared for the task. Seasickness affects about 9% of men and 38% of women‚ an affliction which is more commonly known as motion sickness its devastating effects are amplified during rough oceans. Yet‚ it’s only when sailors

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    A Category 5 hurricanes with devastate the state that your in because of how powerful the winds are and being the fact that it’s a category 5.To prepare for a category 5 hurricane a person should come up with an evacuation plan ‚ protect your house ‚ and prepare your car. These three facts are the most important keys to surviving a category 5 hurricane. First if the media says that the hurricane is a category 5‚ your automatically going to have to evacuate. In the article “This is what a category

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    Journal Article Write Up On May 22nd 2011 an EF-5 tornado struck Joplin Missouri‚ leaving houses destroyed and cars thrown through the air this was a devastating event. This devastating tornado was only on the ground for 38 minutes and had only traveled for roughly 22.1 miles. At the widest point‚ the tornado was around a ½ mile long with other distances measuring about a ¼ mile. When looking at the EF-5 devastation of the storm‚ the most destruction took part right through the middle of Joplin

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    On the outside you would think that a blizzard would be very different than a hurricane. They are quite similar in their makeup and destructive powers. They are just two of the natural disasters that our planet has to offer and seem to becoming more common. Hurricanes and blizzards are two of the worst natural disasters that are like twisted sisters in Mother Natures destructive family. I will show how they are so closely related from their startup to finish. Blizzards are heavy snowstorms

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    Technology makes system integrated and well operated. Technology is primary productive forces. If there were no development of technology‚ there would be no today’s highly development of human materialistic and mental civilization. In other word‚ technology should guarantee people’s living in a better condition. However‚ human negligence causes letting technology not be suitable to respond possible disasters. For example‚ On August 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused over 50 failure of the levees and

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