Okeechobee’s Herbert Hoover Dike: An Accident Waiting to Happen Imagine people sitting in their homes, hearing a thunderous rushing sound, and feeling the floor beneath their feet lifted from foundations. Or watching as flood waters force themselves inside as the residents cling to roofs? In 1926, and again in 1928, these scenarios happened all around Lake Okeechobee. Several thousand people died (Pfost). If the current dike around Lake Okeechobee is not extensively repaired or replaced, the area
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There is a time of the year that hurricanes usually can happen which start from June 01st to November 30th . Hurricanes usually form over warm tropical waters in the oceans that are located near the earth’s equator. Hurricanes form between 5 to 15 degrees latitude north and south of the equator.When there is a large pressure and temperature differences between the warm water and the clouds. The
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following questions in 25 to 100 words each. 1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of at least one of these biomes. Use the textbook for biome examples. Madagascar’s biomes are tropical rain forest, tropical dry forest, and savanna. One feature of the tropical rain forest biome is its temperature, which is usually warm year around with precipitation daily. This biome has three layers. The first layer is where you can find the tops of trees. The second layer, or canopy
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Tameka Whitney Introduction to Geography April 7, 2013 Hurricane Katrina On August 29, 2005 the Gulf Coast of The United States would change forever. The country watch from near and far as one of the strongest hurricanes in the past century made landfall. It caused havoc for so many. The days leading up the predicted landfall of Katrina, many residence of the South from Louisiana to Florida took warning and evacuated. It was the less fortunate fold such as the elderly, homeless and the immobile
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| Hwa Chong Institution Integrated Humanities 2013 – Sec 3 Geography ElectiveWeather StudiesExercise 5: Tropical Storms – Comparative Study | Name: _______________________ ( ) Date: _____________ Class: ______ 1. Read GA 423, GA359 and GF 530 and fill in the relevant information in the table below. Online – Cyclone Nargis: http://beta.searca.org/searca/index.php/knowledge-management/knowledge-resources/policy-brief-series/226-rebuilding-myanmars-agriculture-after-cyclone-nargis
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The country is one of the worst sufferers of all cyclonic casualties in the world. Its geographic location is the biggest contributing factor for the proneness to disasters. Due to the funnel shaped coast, Bangladesh often becomes the landing ground and breeding place of catastrophic cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal. The high number of casualties is due to the fact that cyclones are always associated with storm surges. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society Cyclone Preparedness Program (CPP) is
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DEFORESTATION By: Madan Thapa Economics 2302 Tarrant County College Southeast Abstract This paper gives the definition of deforestation and also shows the effects of it in the environment. This paper talks about the programs that are implemented in three major parts of the world Brazil in South America, Congo Basin in Africa and Indonesia in Asia. A forest is a home of many animals, insects, and plants. Cutting down trees means making all of these creatures homeless and make them extinct
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प्राकृतिक आपदा एक प्राकृतिक आपदा एक प्राकृतिक जोखिम (natural hazard) का ही परिणाम है (जैसे की ज्वालामुखी विस्फोट (volcanic eruption), भूकंप, या भूस्खलन (landslide)) जो कि मानव गतिविधियों को प्रभावित करता है.मानव दुर्बलताओं को उचित योजना और आपातकालीन प्रबंधन (emergency management) का आभाव और बढ़ा देता है, जिसकी वजह से आर्थिक, मानवीय और पर्यावरण को नुकसान पहुँचता है.परिणाम स्वरुप होने वाली हानि निर्भर करती है जनसँख्या की आपदा को बढ़ावा देने या विरोध करने की क्षमता पर, अर्थात उनके लचीलेपन पर.[1]
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The global risk of hurricane disaster is increasing due to human activity. Populations are concentrating along the world's coastlines, particularly in large urban areas. Improved forecasting and emergency response have lowered hurricane casualty rates, but as more people and infrastructure move into harm's way, storms are likely to become more destructive. The primary cause of hurricane-related fatalities over the past 30 years has not been storm surge or winds, but inland flooding. Most hurricanes
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Fahrenheit. They begin usually as mixtures of clouds and storms converge as tropical disturbances and grow larger and develop the cyclonic rotation. Once winds increase to 38 miles per hour or less, it is called a tropical depression. As they continue to form a more circular pattern and winds increase as the vapors and heat generate energy and increase to wind speeds between 38 to 74 miles per hour, they are called tropical storms. At this point the World Meteoroligical Organization name them from
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