Bangladesh Floods 1998 [pic] ----------------------- Prediction: ← Bangladesh is built on delta and floodplain of the Ganges‚ Brahmaputra‚ Meghna River‚ this area is expected to flood. ← The annual flood is expected and is needed to make the land fertile for farming. ← Upwards of 300 million people live on the Ganges delta‚ and this is increasing. Effects: ← 2379 people died. ← Destruction of communication network meant it was impossible to deliver food and medical
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Historic Flood Hits Minot The sounds of a siren crushed the hearts of an entire city as water overcame the dikes and flooded the streets. The people of Minot‚ North Dakota heard the siren and knew that their lives were about to greatly change. The Souris River topped the dikes in Minot on June 22‚ 2011. About twelve thousand residents were evacuated out of their homes after a desperate attempt to build sandbag walls around their houses and neighborhoods. All that the residents were able to do was
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Did you think your childhood was memorable and exciting? In the essay “An American Childhood’ by Annie Dillard‚ she talks about her childhood how her dad did not allow her to go out‚ although her mother let her go to the park to see Walter Milligan play at the park. Walter was her Annie’s’ crush‚ that she watches from the sideline. Also‚ she was talking about how she memorizes the way to get home and every back road too and how her family moves from house to house but never far from the park. Finally
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1927 Mississippi Flood In one of most powerful natural disasters in the 1900s‚ the Mississippi river flooded which caused severe damage around the states of Arkansas‚ Illinois‚ Kentucky‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Tennessee‚ Texas‚ Oklahoma‚ and Kansas. The flood was caused during a large rainfall that lasted approximately 18 hours; the rainfall caused an overflow in the Mississippi river that overtook the banks. This flood wreaked havoc amongst the citizens in its path. The disaster caused over
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Carrillo‚ Andrea GEW 101-25878 Dr. Walter Dutton 25 March 2013 Perspective Annie Dillard wrote the essay “Seeing”‚ which is about the ability to change your perspective on the world around you. Throughout her essay‚ the author refers to objects such as blades of grass and the universe to demonstrate to her readers that many things are sometimes forgotten or not thoroughly thought about. The author uses themes such as the effect light and dark have on seeing‚ the difference between the natural
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Sensors 2012‚ 12‚ 4213-4236; doi:10.3390/s120404213 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors Article A Real-Time Measurement System for Long-Life Flood Monitoring and Warning Applications Rafael Marin-Perez 1‚ ‚ Javier Garc´a-Pintado 2‚3 and Antonio Skarmeta G´ mez 1 ı o 1 Department of Information and Communication Engineering‚ University of Murcia‚ Campus de Espinardo‚ E-30100‚ Murcia‚ Spain; E-Mail: skarmeta@um.es 2 Euromediterranean Water Institute‚ Campus
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Form No. Regn.-03 Assam Higher Secondary Education Council Bamunimaidam‚ Guwahati-21 APPLICATION FORM FOR MIGRATION CERTIFICATE 1. Name in full [in Block Letters] 2. Father’s Name & Home Address : : ……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. 3. AHSEC Registration Certificate No. 4. Examination Results Examination passed HSLC HS (Arts/Sc./Com) Name of the Board/ University Examination Roll & No. Year of passing Division / Class : ………………………………………………………
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Imagine everything you own is wet. Do you remember the flood here in 2010? Did you or someone you love suffer as a result of it? Of the two pictures above‚ they both illustrate some of the devastating effects of flooding but only one picture is of the Nashville flood. The picture on the left is of the current flooding in Peru. We Nashvillians have a kinship with the people of Peru in that we understand how welcome a clean‚ dry set of clothes is when we have none. We remember what it feels like
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Lisa from The Girl Who Owned a City and Annie from Directions are similar in many ways. One similarity is that they both are very determined. A quote from the story says‚ “Although business was slow‚ those first days Annie was determined”. This quote helps the reader to understand how hard Annie works everyday‚ and how determined she is. Lisa is also a very hard worker‚ and also is very determined. We see this when Lisa doesn’t give up‚ no matter how many times she has to do it. "But for some reason
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2013 Argentina floods 2013 Argentina floods Duration 2 April 2013–3 April 2013 Fatalities 99+ Areas affected Greater Buenos Aires Greater La Plata From 2–3 April 2013‚ the northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province‚Argentina‚ experienced several flash floods that claimed the lives of at least 100 people. Greater La Plata was hardest hit with 89 reported deaths‚ and Greater Buenos Aires reported 10 deaths. The flooding was the result of extremely heavy rainfall and is said to be the
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