TSUNAMI Introduction 1. Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning “Harbor water”. Tsunami is in most cases the result of sea-bed earthquake. The latest tsunami was the largest of its type since the magnitude Good Friday earthquake of Alaska in 1964. It took a death toll of about 200‚000 people and immense property. Since last 100 years‚ this has been the greatest disaster that the Asian region suffered. It measured 8.9 in the Richter scale and generated a gigantic tidal surge
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parts of Chile (“More Chileans”). “It is estimated that 17.3 percent of the population in the most affected regions lost their homes in the disaster‚ and the number of people unemployed rose from 620‚000 in 2009 to 700‚000” after the earthquake (“Quake”). Over 40% of the Chile’s wealth is located in 10% of the populations hands (“Chile - Statistics”). This just shows how inequitable the income distribution is in Chile. Due to all of this poverty in Chile‚ not many families can afford to eat everyday
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On Nov. 16 the city of Syracuse got an highly unusual taste of aristocracy when His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud visited the Salt City to receive Syracuse University’s Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement. Prince Sultan is the second son of Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud‚ head of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense and next in line to the throne. It took a little more than two years for Syracuse to get a blue blood sighting. The previous
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The universe is an extremely complex system that is difficult to understand. To this day‚ astrophysicists and astronomers are continuously learning new things. One area that amazes scientists is magnetars and pulsars. This report will discuss the formation of these stars‚ their characteristics‚ and the effects they have. Magnetars and pulsars are formed from the remnants of a Type II supernova 1. The exploding star is typically bigger than the sun 2. Having a mass greater than 1.989 X 10^30 kg 3
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The richly painted walls and the complex inscriptions depicting historical art were the only expensive things in our hotel which were also ruined. Numerous tiny houses fell like a pack of cards causing injury to its inmates. So furious had been the quake that the buildings in town uprooted its roofs‚ tearing up the trees coupled with wild ranges of the wind. It was dark still‚ but there was enough light to watch by. The ground beneath my feet was solid. There were noises and deep structural groans
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In recent years natural disasters‚ such as tornados‚ hurricanes‚ and earth quakes‚ have become a common event all around the world; since the 1970’s the amount of natural disasters that occur in a year have tripled. Not only are these storms becoming more frequent‚ they’re also becoming more dangerous; thus creating more damage. However no storm in U.S history has caused more damage than hurricane Katrina. It’s estimated that the destruction caused by the storm cost over 125 billion. From the destruction
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Drainage: • The term “drainage” describes the river system of an area. • The area drained by a single river system is called a “drainage basin” or river basin. • Any higher ground‚ such as mountain or upland separates two adjoining drainage basins. Such upland is known as a water divide or a watershed. • Depending upon the relief‚ geological structure and climatic conditions of the area‚ the streams form different patterns. Drainage Pattern: • Drainage of an area is concerned with the study
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Cited: Brian Atwater‚ The Orphan Tsunami of 1700‚ 2005. Pdf compilation book by Atwater‚ Brian. Accessed February 27‚ 2014 Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup‚ Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes: A Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake Scenario‚ 2005. http://www.crew.org/sites/default/files/CREWCascadiaFinal.pdf. Accessed February 22‚ 2014 Pacific Northwest Seismic Network‚ Cascadia Subduction Zone‚ 2013
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References: Doing Business in Nepal: 2011 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies Gautam thaneshwor‚ An Exploratory Research Study on Nepalese General Business Environment‚ 2005 http://analyticsbhups.blogspot.com/2007/07/some-business-opportunities-in-nepal.html http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/2003/03/14/FromtheNepaliPress/4067
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hardship for the farmers because they had strong winds sometimes. Deposits of rich soil and silt were deposited when there was flooding and they were unpredictable. Some of the world’s tallest mountains were in the North. The Indus River is between the Himalayan and Hindu Kush mountains. These two mountain ranges have the highest mountain peaks and border rivers. Streams and rivers form the Indus River run into the Arabian Sea. The Indus River Valley had very fertile soil to have good farming. The fertile
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