a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on the environment. Entire Himalayan region is prone to rain-induced hazards in the form of flash flood‚ cloudburst or glacial lake outburst flood. Many Himalayan natural hazards are earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ hurricanes‚ flooding‚ coastal erosion‚ etc. An earthquake is a process that results from a sudden release of stored energy that radiates shock waves. Coastal erosion is a physical process by which seashores in coastal areas around the world shift
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Imagine a huge towering tsunami. Focus on all the details. Now imagine a rogue wave‚ or at least what you think a rogue wave is. Do the same thing. Do you see any similarities...any differences ? While you may think there are no similarities‚ or no differences‚ you will find that there are some of both‚ in the ways that they are formed‚ where they happen‚ and how to predict them. According to source one‚ “rogue waves seem especially likely to occur in places in the ocean where currents collide”.
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES‚ TSUNAMI AND CYCLONES EARTHQUAKES What are Earthquakes? ← An earthquake (also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency‚ type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured with a seismometer; a device which also records is known as a seismograph. The moment
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the Earth‚ it is between where the North American plate and Caribbean plate meet. Haiti was a third world country and still is today. Haiti was very unfortunate starting in the year of 2010‚ because it was shook by an earthquake‚ attacked with a tsunami‚ and kicked in the neck by a hurricane. All jokes aside‚ these were horrible incidents that happened to the small country of Haiti. The earthquake that shook Haiti happened on January 12‚ it had a magnitude of 7.0‚ killed about 230‚000 people and
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Background and History of Untied Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) United Overseas Bank Limited abbreviated as UOB was founded in 6 August 1935 firstly known as United Chinese Bank. The UOB Empire was first built up by Sarawak-born Datuk Wee Kheng Chiang ¨C father of the present UOB Group Chairman‚ Wee Cho Yaw together with 6 other businessman. Since then‚ UOB has grown from strength to strength becoming a leading bank in Singapore and a dominant player in Asia-Pacific today. One of the important corporate
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Have you ever wondered the difference between waves as tall as skyscrapers and waves that are as mysterious as a ninja? Rogue waves are found in the middle of the ocean. While‚ tsunamis start in the deepest parts of the ocean and crash at the shoreline. Rogue waves and tsunamis seem very alike‚ but when diving deep into the information‚ you can see clear differences. Rogue waves can be very big and are formed differently. First‚ rogue waves are huge waves that can come out of nowhere with very impactful
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Describe the characteristics and explain the causes‚ of tsunamis. (8 marks) A Tsunami is a large and potentially destructive sea wave often produced by a submarine earthquake‚ subsidence or an underwater volcanic eruption. They occur when a large volume of water is displaced in the ocean. The characteristics of tsunamis differ slightly from normal sea waves. For one‚ they often have extremely long wave lengths‚ in deep water an initial wavelength can be up to 100km. Their amplitude contrasts with
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of the destination‚ tourism destination market to describe majority of tourists who goes to destination and the current issues relating to Maldivian tourism. Such issues includes environmental change influences sea level rise and the impact of tsunami to the Maldivian tourism and country as well as the Maldivian’s hyper dependency on tourism economy and the experiences of leakages. 2. An overview of the Republic of Maldives The Republic of Maldives comprise a total area of 298sq km scattered
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Lewis is family. In The Killing Sea Sarahs family gets split apart when the tsunami hits. Sarah’s first thought when she wakes up after the tsunami is that her family is most likely dead‚ when she finds Peter she almost never lets him out of her sight again. When the 2004 indonesian tsunami hits many people were separated from their family. An example is that according to bbc news 228‚000 people were killed in this tsunami. These people probably had family somewhere that they were separated from or
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Alaska massively. An earthquake‚ rock slide‚ and the tallest tsunami ever. When Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted in 1980‚ it was the biggest eruption in the United States ever recorded. It also changed the earth’s surface immensely. There are many Geo processes on the Earth because it is in constant motion‚ so the Earth’s surface is always changing; three Geo processes that change the surface of the Earth most are volcanoes‚ tsunamis‚ and earthquakes. Importantly‚ volcanic eruptions are
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