A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard. Bangladesh‚ a country in southern Asia that is home to 140 million people‚ is widely known as a land of natural disasters. It is highly vulnerable to floods‚ famine‚ drought‚ earthquake‚ cyclones‚ and river erosions. Due to the effects of these disasters‚ the country is now permanently in distress. These disasters have become regular phenomena and have been causing suffering to millions of residents for many decades. Natural Disasters are occurring
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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Awareness for Natural Disasters Disaster may happen any time in any place that is why we should be prepared for these scenarios. They are destructive and deadly if we aren’t ready for them. The school held an earthquake preparedness headed by Mr. Renato U. Solidum Jr.‚ director of PHIVOLCS- an institute of the government assigned to regulate and monitor volcanic activities as well as earthquake predictions‚ effects and sources. The aim of this symposium was to inform the students‚ faculty members
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Disasters‚ What you Need to Know About Them Every day there are natural disasters all the time occurring all around the world. They are something that we can’t help‚ but we can be aware of them and what to do if one occurs near you. Tornadoes are common during Michigan’s Spring months. They are usually smaller than other places‚ but they still can do lots of damage. The safest thing to do is to go to the lowest level of the building that you are in. If there is no basement‚ get shelter in
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Hunter Herdt Dr. Schiesser Geological Disasters 12 October 2011 What Should We Be Doing? Natural disasters occur on Earth every day. They range from earthquake that can’t be felt to Tsunamis that kill and destroy millions of dollars of property. No matter big or small they happen and the best geologist can predict them to a certain degree yet no natural occurring disaster can be entirely predicted or stopped. People seem to look to blame something or someone for these things but we are only
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Floods There are many natural disasters that occur all over the world. Earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ tornados‚ and even volcanic eruptions are dangerous to humans and can negatively affect their lives for the worst. There is one natural disaster that some people fear the most‚ which is known as floods or flash floods. Floods have devastated the United States for centuries and have taken many lives and resources. These natural disasters have been seen in the Midwestern and Southwestern areas of the United
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varying intensities. Also called landslip; Downward mass movement of earth or rock on unstable slope including many forms resulting from differences in rock structure‚ coherence of material involved‚ degree of slope‚ amount of included water‚ extent of natural or artificial undercutting at the base of slope‚ relative rate of movement and relative quantity of material involved. Many terms cover these variations: creep‚ earth flow‚ mudflow‚ solifluction and debris avalanche are related forms in which mass
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Energy Source of Natural Hazards Disasters occur where and when the earth’s natural processes concentrate energy and then release it‚ killing and causing destruction. Four energy sources make the earth an active body: 1) the Earth’s internal energy; 2) solar energy; 3)gravity; 4)the impact of extraterrestrial bodies The interior of the Earth holds a tremendous store of heat released primarily from the ongoing decay of radioactive elements. Earth’s internal energy flows unceasingly toward the
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Natural Disaster/Hazard Paper For my paper I will be talking about the 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17‚ 1994. The earthquake was centered in Reseda‚ a neighborhood in the north-central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles‚ California. “It was a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that lasted 10 – 20 seconds. In addition‚ two 6.0 magnitude aftershocks occurred‚ the first about one minute after the initial event and the second approximately 11 hours later‚ the strongest of several thousand
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Natural Disaster and Mental Health: A Reflection Paper on Analyzing the Development and Environment (ADE) By Selahuddin Yu Hashim MDM 2013 When mother earth rages escaping from it is an almost impossible mission to achieve. Even nations with the most sophisticated technology may find it difficult to counter the destructive effect of natural disaster. And even if one is able to lessen its impact‚ it still results in devastation of the land affecting many people. The experience in Mt. Pinatubo
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