Tsunamis A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water‚ such as an ocean‚ is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Earthquakes‚ mass movements above or below water‚ volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions‚ landslides‚ large meteorite impacts and testing with nuclear weapons at sea all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastating. The term tsunami comes from the Japanese words(津波、つなみ) meaning harbor ("tsu"‚
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was a disastrous day in Japan. A massive earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan causing loss of life to thousands of individuals and destroying so many properties. The loss is irreplaceable but nevertheless‚ aid organizations have stepped as much as do their bit to help with recovering from the disaster. The whole globe is welcome to help the people there with no matter they can. If you want to be concerned with offering help with the Japan Tsunami disaster listed below are few of the methods by which you
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CASE STUDY: Effect of 2004 Tsunami on Economy of India The earthquake of December 2004 is well known as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and is the fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900. This was an under-sea earthquake‚ which happened at 7:58:53 am local time. The epicenter of this earthquake was in the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. As an effect of this earthquake‚ Tsunamis occurred throughout the Indian Ocean‚ killing loads of people and caused immeasurable damage to the coastal
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Tsunami [pic] INTRODUCTION The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour ("tsu") and wave ("nami"). Although in Japanese tsunami is used for both the singular and plural‚ in English tsunamis is well-established as the plural. The term was created by fishermen who returned to port to find the
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4038600-137160How Are Tsunami’s Made -Initiation The sea floor rises and drops suddenly creating large columns of water -Split ddsddsThe initial tsunami then splits into two‚ one heads further into sea another heads towards shore -Amplification As the wave appdsroaches shore‚ the height of the wave is amplified as the wave gathers energy as approaches shore -Run Up The leading wave is steepened‚ the wave does not break at this point‚ instead it acts like a wall of water smashing everything
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Secretary-General‚ Kofi Annan‚ who travelled to the region. At least 23 of the 87 tourist resorts in the Maldives were devastated in the 26 December tsunami. © Sena Vidanagama/AFP/Getty Images 76 77 NATIONAL RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - THE MALDIVES 5. 5.1 NATIONAL RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT – THE MALDIVES Introduction The Indian Ocean tsunami reached the Maldives at 9:20 a.m. local time‚ approximately three hours after tremors were felt. Tidal waves ranging between one and five
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Known as one of the worst disasters in the world’s history‚ the Boxing day tsunami took place on December 26‚ 2004. The tsunami destroyed over 12 different countries and islands‚ including Sumatra‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ and many more located by the Indian ocean. It had continued trekking countries in the Indian Ocean for over two days and left a devastating mess(Malcolm Moore and Meabh Ritchie). The only good that might have come from this terrible day in history was more knowledge about
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Writing a Conclusion Paragraph for your Social Studies/Language Arts Research Paper “BASIC” MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS: must BEGIN with a restated thesis statement that clearly restates the 3 subtopics discussed in your paper. (This is your FIRST sentence.) NEVER introduces new details that haven’t been discussed already o You don’t want frustrate your readers by mentioning some new statistic or fact that you aren’t going to thoroughly explain. Your readers shouldn’t have more unanswered questions
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Marcel Pagnol- Le Chateaux de ma mere Discuss the reasons for the sudden change in the conclusion of the book “ Le chateaux de ma mere” by Marcel Pagnol is a memorable‚ enjoyable text in which the story takes an abrupt turn at the conclusion of the book. Pagnol utilises the majority of the text to develop the story of months and a series of events‚ however he majestically creates a sudden change in the final components of the book which span a period of decades. It is not solely the series
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On December 26‚ 2004 the world experienced the most devastating natural disaster to hit the Indian Ocean. It was classified as a tsunami‚ a tsunami holding immense power equivalent to the destruction of three nuclear bombs. Tsunami waves can become more than 30 feet high as they come into shore and can rush miles inland across low-lying areas. The death tolls were astronomical causing much grief‚ pain and depression throughout the world. "Estimates of the total toll from the eleven countries hit
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