of the Mandakini River which led to heavy floods near Kedar Dome‚ Rudraprayag district‚ Uttarakhand. Warnings by the India Meteorological Department predicting heavy rains were not given wide publicity beforehand‚ causing thousands of people to be caught unawares‚ resulting in huge loss of life and property.In the city of Dehra Dun‚ capital of Uttarakhand‚ this was the wettest June day for over five decades. Death and damage Landslides‚ due to the floods‚ damaged several houses and structures‚ killing
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Mandakini valley to earn during the yatri season It is one week since Uttarakhand’s worst disaster in living memory. Flash floods resulting from extremely intense rainfall swept away mountainsides‚ villages and towns‚ thousands of people‚ animals‚ agricultural fields‚ irrigation canals‚ domestic water sources‚ dams‚ roads‚ bridges‚ and buildings — anything that stood in the way. A week later‚ media attention remains riveted on the efforts to rescue tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists visiting
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devastating floods in Pakistan which have left about 20 million homeless the most urgent issue of the Islamic world and called for an immediate humanitarian assistance to Pakistan by Muslim nations and governments including Iran. On 5th Sept. 2010‚ Pakistan’s President expressed his profound gratitude to the Iranian government and people for providing help to the flood-stricken people of Pakistan in these words “Iran was one of the first countries that rushed to deliver aid to the flood-stricken
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The Causes of Flood Disaster is a natural or man-made phenomenon that has causes many human deaths‚ damage houses and crops‚ and cause extensive destruction. Flood is one of the disasters that always happen in the world including in Malaysia. Many causes can contribute to flood happen. Although there are various causes of flood‚ these are the three major factors that can make it become more destructive which are the extreme weather pattern at certain location of the place‚ human activities
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For (M2) - explain the short- and long-term effects of the major incidents on people‚ communities‚ environment and the wider impacts they may have had. Short Term Effects: The short term affects are that they would have no food which would cause the mass of Haiti to starve which would cause either great illness or death. They would have no clean water which could lead to getting diseases EG. Typhus! It is dangerous to drink unsafe water as it could lead to death. All communications
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The Great flood is a historical event that may have happened before 0 BC‚ this was an event that flooded the whole world which have possibly wiped out human and plant existence. There are several different evidence that suggest the happening of the Great flood which include the several geological shaping which can only be created with a massive flood‚ the several different theories that different cultures and religions have mentioned and the possible existence of the Noahs arc however the fact remains
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What will this Pandemic bring? How will the Human society prepare‚ or eventually do to prevent the Pandemic. The Gardeners from Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Year of the Flood” are a group of eco-subversives that prepare for a Pandemic. The Gardeners use different religions to make up their beliefs. In both “ The Year of The Flood” and the article by David Shenk “ How to Survive the Avian Flu‚ Smallpox‚ or Plague” tell the reader to grow food‚ stock pile food‚ and live an isolated life. In the article
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the Flood‚ " God surely proved his intelligence‚ strength‚ and aggression to the evils of the earth. In the story "Noah and the Flood" God saw that the world was full of corruption and lawlessness so he decided to send a great flood to extinguish all of the earth’s evilness. God saw no fault in Noah and entrusted him with the task of building an enormous ark to shelter Noah along with his wife‚ his three sons accompanied by each of their wives‚ and two of every animal on earth from the flood. The
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“The Year of the Flood” is an epic‚ sprawling novel that moves back and forth between past‚ present and future effortlessly. Though it is told from Ren and Toby’s point of view‚ the novel is really about the story of three women (Ren‚ Toby‚ and Amanda) and their will to survive in a cruel and harsh world. It is a story of hope‚ despite all odds and a story of the power of love. Fatefulness about the survival of the species is not new. Religious thinking has end-time built in‚ and most of our sentient
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Tewksbury floods in 2007 The area around Tewkesbury is frequently affected by flooding. In general such flooding causes little damage to property as the town is surrounded by large areas of floodplain which restrict urban development and the ability for the town to spread. However‚ extreme flooding events have caused damage to property and affected transport links‚ the most significant events occurring in 1947‚ 1960 and 2007. Causes Heavy rain on 20 July caused extensive flooding across
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