My fingers which were slender and flimsy started fidgeting with the buttons on the dashboard. Almost forty seconds passed‚ which was much longer for a pilot with 5 years of experience‚ to eject her seat off from the airplane. My mind was in a complete daze and was in a state of consternation. I was about to die‚ and I knew it. The scene was exactly how you could imagine it in the movies- the plane swaying side to side without proper control‚ a transient rain of burning‚ hot‚ red meteors flying from
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effect‚ and acid rain are man-made disasters. The ozone layer is the part of the Earth’s atmosphere which contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3). The cause of ozone depletion is the presence of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and related halocarbons gases in the atmosphere. In the presence of Ultraviolet light‚ these gases dissociate‚ releasing chlorine atoms‚ which then go on to catalyze ozone destruction. The greenhouse effect‚ on the other hand‚ is a natural warming process of the earth.
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on Tsunami Damage in India Natural Disaster: A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard that affects the environment‚ and leads to financial‚ environmental and/or human losses. Or Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life; The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event. A natural disaster is a disaster caused by nature‚ such as floods‚ volcanic
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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 disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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resources making vulnerable to this hazard. Forms of Biological Hazards: 1. Independent Biological Hazard • Contributes to‚ develop into & exacerbate vulnerability leading to disaster (e.g. HIV-AIDs) 2. Dependent BH e.g. war » famine » malnutrition » diseases » less resistance to diseases » deaths 3. Trigger of disaster e.g. pest infestation-famine (Irish famine 1845-1848) Important factors of vulnerability on biological hazards: 1. Micro-environment; (risk at refugee camps e.g. poor water
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J. Acad. Indus. Res. Vol. 1(2) July 2012 59 ISSN: 2278-5213 REVIEW Natural disasters in India with special reference to Tamil Nadu A. Stephen Dept. of Ecology‚ French Institute of Pondicherry‚ Puducherry-605001‚ India stephanos.crown@gmail.com; +91 9841890069 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Natural disasters in India‚ many of them related to the climate of India‚ cause massive losses of Indian life and property.
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Hurricane Katrina was a man-made and natural disaster. The hurricane‚ of course‚ was a natural disaster. The after effects like the levees breaching‚ people starving and dieing in the streets‚ how the government handle the situation were all man made. The reason being a man made were ‚ The man-made part of the disaster is that the government knew the levees wouldn’t hold up in a Category 3 hurricane‚ and they didn’t shore them up anyway. What was also man-made was the fact that the government
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our country to save people and wealth during natural calamities? Bangladesh is a disaster-prone country of an area of about 1‚ 47‚570 sq. km. with population nearing 140 million. Bangladesh becomes the worst victim of natural calamities causing colossal loss of lives and properties. Most of the people of this country are very poor. It is predominantly an agricultural country. The economy largely depends on weather. Major disasters that occur in Bangladesh are: tropical cyclone‚ tidal bore‚ flood‚ tornado
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Natural disasters may be defined as natural catastrophes which cause great damage by disrupting the functioning of a society thus rendering the country incapable of coping through using its own resources as there is a need for outsider assistance in order to effectively preserve lives and the environment. Conversely‚ Natural hazards are natural phenomena that are potential threats to people within a society‚ structures or economic assets and may cause disaster. Natural disasters are inevitable and
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CASE STUDY: THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON THE GDP OF THE PHILIPPINES In Partial Fulfillment Of the course requirements In ECOMET2 Submitted By: Inacay‚ Giancarlo Submitted To: Dr. Cesar Rufino School of Economics De La Salle University-Manila December 16‚ 2014 Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Review of Related Literature III. Theoretical Framework IV. Data V. Methodology VI. Results VII. Appendix VIII. Bibliography Abstract The Philippines is located in a region
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