natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard. Bangladesh‚ a country in southern Asia that is home to 140 million people‚ is widely known as a land of natural disasters. It is highly vulnerable to floods‚ famine‚ drought‚ earthquake‚ cyclones‚ and river erosions. Due to the effects of these disasters‚ the country is now permanently in distress. These disasters have become regular phenomena and have been causing suffering to millions of residents for many decades. Natural Disasters are occurring
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How People React to Natural Disasters How would you feel if someone told you that in the next 5 seconds that your life would be turned upside down? The same exact thing happened to people in central Philippines‚ the only thing different is that they got no warning. A deadly earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck central Philippines on a national Islamic holiday. The temblor was the strongest to shake the area in 23 years. Powerful aftershocks continue to hit widely across Bohol and Cebu. More
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Francisco de Goya’s series‚ the Disasters of War‚ remains one of the strongest accusations against the horrors and tragedies of war to date. Reflecting the suffocating atmosphere of violence that surrounded Spain at the time‚ Disasters of War attacks the senselessness of war itself and makes a desperate appeal to all that is good in man. Although sources are unanimous in asserting that Goya was not physically in the midst of any actual violence‚ Goya acts as a witness to the series insofar as he
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Evelyn Delgado To what extent does soccer hooliganism from the Heysel Disaster and the Hillsborough Disaster reflect the perception of the government policy in respect of Football in England? By: Evelyn Delgado To what extent does soccer hooliganism from the Heysel Disaster and the Hillsborough Disaster reflect the perception of the government policy in respect of Football in England? Introduction Football was fully established with
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explosion. The Met department recorded a tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale around the time the first explosion at 7:36 pm which resulted in shattering of glass window nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the accident site. The fire was a major disaster in terms of deaths‚ injury‚ loss of business‚ property and man-days‚ displacement of people‚ environmental impact in Jaipur‚ the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan and a popular tourist destination. As per eyewitnesses having factories
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Avoiding Disaster by Disaster Have you ever made disastrous decisions? You might think the reason why you made a disastrous decision without any thought about the consequences is because you lacked prior experiences of making such disastrous decisions. When I was a child‚ I usually played with a coin to amuse myself. One day‚ I envisioned the coin was a shining‚ delicious cookie‚ and then I swallowed it like a cookie‚ resulting in the coin getting stuck in my throat. Fortunately‚ my mom noticed
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economy in the world. As it is surrounded by sea‚ the country’s port plays an important role in maritime transportation for both exports and imports. In March 2011‚ the world was affected when Japan was struck with natural disasters (Earthquake and Tsunami). This sudden disaster sent everyone around the world into frenzy. It affected Japan’s ports‚ shipping and logistics. As a result of the natural disasters‚ ports in the northern area of Japan had to stop operations after the Tsunami washed away
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Disaster A disaster is a hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. Types of disasters Natural disaster Man made disaster Natural disaster A natural disaster is a consequence when a natural hazard affects humans and/or the built environment. Eg: earthquake‚ flood‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods and cyclones are all natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy
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Man-made disasters Man-made disasters are disasters resulting from man-made hazards (threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a man-made system)‚ as opposed to natural disasters resulting from natural hazards. Man-made hazards or disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. Contents * 1 Sociological hazards * 1.1 Crime * 1.1.1 Arson * 1.2 Civil disorder *
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release of radioactive substances into our atmosphere and our earth. This accident certainly did loads of damages to Japan and its people. There are lots of theories regarding this accident’s cause‚ but it comes down to either natural disaster or man-made disaster. The effects of this accident were tremendous in the aspect of social‚ ecology‚ sociology and health hazards. There were steps taken to assist in resolving the issue .In future‚ to prevent this kind of accident from taking place‚ proper
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