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    Causes of Floods

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    Causes of floods Flood is overflow of the huge amount of water onto the normally dry land. Flood occurs when the overflowing water submerges land and causes deluge. It is a cruel and violent expression of water. Catastrophic floods are the floods that are caused by some significant and unexpected events‚ for instance dam breakages. Heavy rainfalls are one of the major causes of floods. The level of water in rivers or lakes rises due to heavy rainfalls. When the level of water rises above the

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    The Year of the Flood

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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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    Flood In Tewkesbury

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    This horrific flood has caused a major problem for those living in Tewkesbury from houses being up to 2m high of water‚ to thousands being evacuated. Sadly thirteen people have lost their lives and hundreds are stranded. On 22nd May water treatment works shut down because of imminent loss The weather forecast from Yesterday. off supplies‚ this meant water usage doubled. Now 140‚000 properties in Gloucestershire are without water and are having to use alternative water supplies like bottles of water

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    Floods in India

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    About floods in India India‚ being a peninsular country and surrounded by the Arabian Sea‚ Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal‚ is quite prone to flood. As per the Geological Survey of India (GSI)‚ the major flood prone areas of India cover almost 12.5% area of the country.  Every year‚ flood‚ the most common disaster in India causes immense loss to the country’s property and lives.  India Flood Prone Areas The states falling within the periphery of "India Flood Prone Areas" are West Bengal

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    Floods in India

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    Flood Definitions Floods are caused by weather phenomena and events that deliver more precipitation to a drainage basin than can be readily absorbed or stored within the basin. Acre-foot. Volume of water required to cover 1 acre of land (43‚560 square feet) to a depth of 1 foot; equivalent to 325‚851 gallons. Cubic feet per second (ft³/s). A unit of measurement expressing rates of discharge. One cubic foot per second is equal to thedischarge of a stream of rectangular cross section‚ 1 foot wide

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    Noah and the Flood

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    that it would save him from the coming Flood. The Ark was to be three hundred cubits in length‚ fifty in width‚ and thirty in height‚ and was to consist of three stories‚ divided into small rooms to hold people‚ animals‚ and food. Noah and his wife‚ their three sons‚ Shem‚ Ham‚ and Japheth‚ and their wives were to live in it. Some animals of every kind in the world were to live in the Ark too. Noah’s family and the animals were to live in the Ark until the Flood ended. Noah did as G-d

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    Flood in Pakistan

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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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    Tewkesbury floods

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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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    Uttrakhand Flood

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    Chopra While the focus is on pilgrims‚ nobody is talking about the fate of boys and men who came from their villages in the 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

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    The Uttarakhand Floods

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    The Uttarakhand Tragedy In June 2013‚ a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country’s worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Though some parts of Himachal Pradesh‚ Haryana‚ Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India‚ some regions of Western Nepal‚ and some parts of Western Tibet also experienced heavy rainfall‚ over 95% of the casualties occurred in Uttarakhand. As of 16 July 2013‚ according to figures provided by

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