Environmental Hazards: Cultural‚ Biological‚ Physical and Chemical An entirely different perspective is brought into focus as we consider some of the environmental hazards that accompany industrial growth and intensive agriculture. Some of the most dangerous hazards in this world are the outcome of purely voluntary behavior --- in particular‚ smoking tobacco and engaging in risky sexual activity. We will look at four classes of environmental hazards: Cultural‚ Biological‚ Physical and Chemical
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and nuclear tests. An earthquake’s point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The epicenter is the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter TSUMANI A tsunami (plural: tsunamis or tsunami; from Japanese:lit. "harbour wave";[1] English pronunciation: /suːˈnɑːmi/ soo-nah-mee or /tsuːˈnɑːmi/tsoo-nah-mee[2]) is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water‚ typically an ocean or
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Security Bureau Circular No. 3/2009 CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR NATURAL DISASTERS (INCLUDING THOSE ARISING FROM SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS) Emergency Support Unit Security Bureau Government Secretariat July 2009 File Ref. SEC 8/2/12 Part 30 Hong Kong Contingency Plan for Natural Disasters Contents Section Subject List of Annexes and Appendices List of Abbreviations 1 2 3 Introduction Alerting System and Co-ordination Tropical Cyclones - Warnings and Action to be Taken Rainstorm - Warnings
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other‚ they chose to hold on despite the trauma they may have gone through. Sometimes in life‚ just like them‚ you feel like you are in a full blown tsunami with no escape. What do you do then? All you have to do is ask Maria Belon‚ her husband and three sons. Their Christmas holiday in Thailand turned into a nightmare when the Indian Ocean tsunami came crashing into their resort on 26 December 2004‚ leaving them bruised and scattered. She was terrified‚ alone and convinced that she was going
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National Police Agency said that 45‚700 buildings were destroyed and 144‚300 were damaged by the quake and tsunami. The damaged buildings included 29‚500 structures in Miyagi Prefecture‚ 12‚500 in Iwate Prefecture and 2‚400 in Fukushima Prefecture. Three hundred hospitals with 20 beds or more in Tōhoku were damaged by the disaster‚ with 11 being completely destroyed. The earthquake and tsunami created an estimated 24-25 million tons of rubble and debris in Japan. An estimated 230‚000 automobiles
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2:46 pm a 9.1 magnitude shook the entire coast of Japan causing mass destruction and a deadly tsunami. Over 20‚000 deaths‚ 2000 missing‚ and thousands of houses destroyed has been the direct effect of these two natural disasters. (1) To this day over 230‚000 people haven’t returned to their old homes or villages. Japan faces these types natural disasters very often. In Japan Earthquakes and Tsunamis are very common. There is a tremor or mini earthquake in Japan every 5 minutes. There are over
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In Indonesia they are having trouble coping with the effects of the Tsunami that happened last year. This caused a violent change to their life style. Some challenges the people of Indonesia are facing multiple health problems including physical‚ mental‚ and emotional health. In this research paper I will explain these problems and how we can try to fix them. In Tsunami¡¦s Destroy the World by: John Johnson talks about the tsunami that happened last year. After a huge earthquake on the 26th of December
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earthquakes destroy gas pipes and electric cables‚ causing fires to spread. Broken water mains prevent the Fires being extinguished. Fires spread very quickly in cities‚ especially in poor-quality housing areas where wooden buildings are common. Tsunamis - an earthquake on the sea floor or close to the coast may cause huge waves. Landslides - earthquakes often cause landslides‚ especially in steep river valleys and areas of weak rocks. Disease and famine - fresh water supplies are often cut off
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earthquakes which can sometimes result in tsunamis as well. In the Philippines earthquakes have multiple impacts. This is partly to do with the physical geography of the land. Being a group of islands means that the epicentres of the earthquakes are often in the sea‚ which increases the likelihood of tsunamis. It is also very mountainous inland which means many areas are vulnerable to landslides. One earthquake in 2006 triggered landslides‚ a flood and a local tsunami 3 feet high. Another relatively minor
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Due to the quake‚ an upthrust of ten metres from the pacific plate resulted in an enormous tsunami. The force caused devastating fifteen metre waves to propel against the north east coastline of Japan and the waves travelled a distance of 10km inland. The tsunami contributed to the astonishing 15‚ 891 deaths‚ flooding cities and demolishing everything in its path. Not only did the tsunami do enough damage but it disabled the cool down of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants due to
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