earthquake is called the focus. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called the epicenter. Earthquakes by themselves rarely kill people or wildlife. It is usually the secondary events that they trigger‚ such as building collapse‚ fires‚ tsunamis (seismic sea waves) and volcanoes‚ that are actually the human disaster. Many of these could possibly be avoided by better construction‚ safety systems‚ early warning and
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which may cause a disaster. They could be either manmade or naturally occurring in our environment and hazards are something that has potential to lead to a disaster. . Natural hazards are things like earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ landslides‚ tsunamis‚ floods and drought - any physical event that happens naturally. They are caused by changes in the atmosphere‚ the earth’s upper and under surface or the sea or other body of water. They can happen quickly‚ called a rapid onset hazard‚ or build up
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Charity for the Boxing Day Tsunami disaster in 2004. The match was very different to a normal cricket match where racial slurs would be thrown around and people would only be supporting their own team and putting down the other. There were many factors that made this match very special and very memorable. Well excluding the first factor that made this match special that millions of dollars were being raised to go to the countries that were hit by the terrible Tsunami disaster‚ there were so many
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Manila Hostage Crisis August 23‚ 2010 when Manila Hostage Crisis occurred at Rizal Park‚ Manila‚ it started when the gunman boarded a bus in Manila’s Tourist District Bus‚ he was recognized as Rolando Mendoza. He wore his old uniform and carried a riffle when he asked the tourist bus‚ Hong Thai Travel Bus‚ for a ride. It contains 22 tourist and 3 Filipinos. Rolando Mendoza was said to be discharged from the police force after 31 years of service because of his involvement in an extortion incident
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Haiti Tourism Sector 8 Table 1: 10 Strategic Branding Destination Model: Success Drivers 13 Figure 1: 14 Data Analysis and Findings from Taiwan Case Study 15 Data Analysis and Findings from MALDIVES Case Study 16 Data Analysis and Findings from Tsunami Recover of Thailand’s Tourism Case Study 18 CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS 20 Figure 3: 21 Step 5: Marketing mix and Communications Strategies 23 Step 6: Managing customer response and feedback 23 REFERENCE 25 RESEARCH QUESTION How can
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Lanka has been identified as a Global Natural disaster risk Hotspot by International Research Institute for Climatic Prediction in USA specializing on climatic prediction and risk mapping. The drought in 2002‚ flash floods in 2003 and the now famous tsunami in 2004 have qualified Sri Lanka as a regular natural disaster prone country. A man made disaster‚ two-decade-old terrorism issue‚ which devastated the North‚ and the East of the country‚ still remains unsolved. The series of unforeseen natural hazards
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events have the greatest impact on the world’s poorest people.” To what extent do you agree with this view? PLAN: 1. What is a hazard- volcanic hazards include tephra‚ lava‚ pyroclastic flows‚ volcanic bombs and seismic hazards include earthquake‚ tsunami‚ liquefaction‚ landslides 2. Human issues- proximity to lowland coast‚ ability to adapt to change‚ socioeconomic effects‚ impacts within a community‚ difference in rich and poor‚ urban and rural‚ ability to cope with a disaster‚ willingness of people
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Explosive volcanoes present the most danger from pyroclastic flows‚ ash falls‚ lahars‚ landslides‚ tsunamis and gas emissions. Pyroclastic flows consist of a mixture of hot gas‚ ash and rock that flow rapidly over the ground. The dense the material is restricted to valley bottoms‚ while less dense material can travel over hills and ridges. The flows kill
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were destroyed‚ including the link between the disappearance of the Minoans and the eruption of a volcano on the nearby ‘Thera’‚ an eruption that not only would have devastated the neighboring Crete but would “likely have generated an even larger tsunami and pyroclastic flows that traveled much farther over the surface of the
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Haiti Earthquake The earthquake that devastated Haiti Tuesday was the strongest temblor to hit the island nation in more than 200 years. The magnitude 7.0 quake caused tremendous damage‚ and the death toll may run into the thousands. What caused the Haiti earthquake‚ and why was it so devastating? What caused the earthquake? The shaking started on Tuesday‚ Jan. 12‚ at 4:53 p.m. ET in the Haiti region‚ just 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince. The Haiti earthquake occurred at a fault that
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