Cyclone Tracy indeed caused a great devastation to the city of Darwin.Bruce Stannard of The Age magazine stated that Cyclone Tracy was a ‘disaster of the first magnitude…without parallel in Australia’s history.’’ it caused great destructions on both the environment and the people which link to one another. First of all‚ the cyclone caused a great destruction on the buildings where 70% of Darwin’s homes were destroyed or suffered from severe damage. 41‚000 out of 47‚000 people were homeless.
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How Iceland was formed Iceland‚ situated on top of a hotspot experiences severe volcanic activity one of the most well known eruptions was in 2010 when Eyjafjallajokull erupted seriously disrupting European air traffic. Iceland is situated is situated in the mid Atlantic ridge a seam in the Earth’s surface under the North Atlantic Ocean where the Eurasian and North American plates slide apart. This island has more than 200 volcanoes which is thought to be what created this island. This picture
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Habits How are habits formed? How can they be changed? 11/9/2013 Psychology 103 Almost everyone (if not all people) have a habit; it could be a good habit or a bad one. One thing most do not know is how a habit is formed? Can they be changed? A habit is a recurrent‚ often unconscious pattern of behaviors that is acquired through frequent repetition‚ and tends to occur subconsciously. Habits emerge because the brain is constantly seeking ways to conserve energy. It looks for a cue that
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Location: Tropical cyclones occur in the northern part of Australia‚ around the periphery‚ or in the tropics. The areas most affected by tropical cyclones are Queensland and Western Australia‚ with New South Wales being one of the states rarely affected. The season for tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere is from November to April. What is a tropical cyclone: Tropical cyclones are a type of low-pressure systems which generally form in the tropics. They are violent storms‚ which rotate
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Tropical Cyclones Description of Tropical Cyclones A tropical cyclone is a particular type of low pressure system that occurs in the summer months near northern Australia and composes over warm tropical waters. Cyclones can also be defined as gale force winds and heftily ponderous rain that can be highly destructive. Cyclones can cause the moving and reshaping of sand dunes‚ whilst also generating extensive erosion along the coast. They additionally create flooding‚ damage inland and landfall.
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Cyclonic Storm Nilam (IMD designation: BOB 02‚ JTWC designation: 02B‚ also known as Cyclone Nilam) was the worst tropical cyclone to directly affect south India since Cyclone Jal in 2010. Originating from an area of low pressure over the Bay of Bengal on October 28‚ the system began as a weak depression 550 km (340 mi) east-northeast of Trincomalee‚ Sri Lanka. Over the following few days‚ the depression gradually intensified into a deep depression‚ and subsequently a Cyclonic Storm by October 30
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the 1970 Cyclone (Nov 12-13) with cyclonic surge of 3.05m to 10.6m high with wind speed of 222 km/h occurred during high tide causing most appalling natural disaster claiming 0.3 million human lives. On the 29 April 1991 a devastating cyclone hit Chittagong‚ Cox’s Bazar‚ Barisal‚ Noakhali‚ Patuakhali‚ Barguna and Khulna along with tidal bore of 5-8m high with wind speed of 240 km/h which killed 150‚000 human beings‚ 70‚000 cattlehead‚ and the total loss was about Tk 60 billion. [HS Mozaddad Faruque]
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Commentary On: Bauxite Mining Issue in Orissa. (Draft #1; I’ve just done my research and written up‚ i still have to put it all together‚ produce graphs and more) Article link : http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/aug/24/vedanta-mine-plan-halted-indian-government In a conference or board meeting room‚ business leaders should get down to the nitty-gritty interest‚ such as minimizing social cost instead of minimizing private costs. Often long-term environmental damage is overlooked by short-term
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Lesson 13.6 HOW WAS THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO FORMED? In 1912‚ Alfred Wegener proposed the past existence of a supercontinent called Pangaea (or Pangea). According to Wegener‚ Pangaea had split apart into a northern half called “Laurasia” and a southern half called “Gondwanaland”. Surrounded by a global ocean called “Panthalassa” and separated by a big body of water called “Tethys Sea”. The slow drifting of continents has been occurring over the past 250 million years. In the 1960s‚ the theory
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Introduction: Bangladesh is prone to a variety of natural hazards. It has witnessed the havoc of some of the worst natural disasters of the world due to tropical cyclones and storm surges. Floods and local seasonal storms are annual events which cause loss of lives and damage to housing‚ agriculture and economy. The country is also exposed to the risk of earthquakes. There are other natural hazard concerns such as coastal erosion and sea level rise due to global warming‚ which have been in the limelight
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