properties on the sea front including the post office. They were known as Walcott Flood Wardens. Some of them were fishermen so were very familiar with how the weather conditions could cause major problems with the sea. Two of them are still flood wardens today. In 1997‚ the parish council decided that the flood wardens should change their name as it was putting people off of buying property in Walcott knowing that there were flood wardens monitoring the sea in case of flooding and someone suggested they
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Thunderstorms Kyle Cowan Known as the electric storm‚ thunderstorms occur all the time. When a thunderstorm starts to occur‚ the air starts to cool as it rises. Cumulus clouds start to form as water vapor starts to condense. As condensation occurs‚ heat (latent heat/energy)‚ starts to release from the atmosphere and assists the thunderstorm in becoming created and grow. Soon as the thunderstorm is formed‚ condensation high in the cloud (now in the form of water droplets or ice) starts
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the situation far more worse cars and trees would get stuck under the bridge. Causes of the Flood Causes of the Bangladesh flood: every year the area has very monsoon rains. In the last few years the rainfall has been heavier than expected Bangladesh has one of the two largest rivers in the world The Ganges and the Brahmaputra and the largest range of mountains the Himalayas. Causes of Boscastle flood: In Boscastle the flooding was caused by the river Valency has very steep sides. A grey storm
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quotation‚ or statistic): We often see pictures of floods on the television news. Topic Sentence (one sentence – Topic + Controlling Idea): The floods can be very damaging. Points of Development: 1. Financially 2. Physically 3. Emotionally BP1: Topic Sentence (POD#1): First‚ the floods can cause a heavy financial loss to the victim. Explanation One(one sentence): The victim has to pay for property and possessions destroyed by a flood. Example One (one sentence): It takes a long
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Regular annual flooding is essential to people who live on the flood plain of these rivers‚ the farming season is planned around the floods‚ rice is a main crop and requires large quantities of water. Also‚ when the river floods it leaves behind fertile silt. write about how soils‚ vegetation and climate influence surface runoff which influences flooding or water shortage in the stupid drainage basin.. 1. Flood - Like droughts‚ flood are a naturally occurring phenomenon. Flooding is a result of
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Title of case study: The Tewkesbury floods of 2007 Level of development: a country at a further stage of development Location:to include a map where relevant Date/s: 20-27 Jul 2007 Cause/s: · Tewkesbury is vulnerable to flood events due to its geographical location with two sizeable rivers‚ the Severn and the Avon‚ meeting in the town which both overflowed · The summer of 2007 in England and Wales was the wettest since records began in 1766 due to a low pressure system over the
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Flood appears as a curse to the people who are directly affected by it. There are mainly two reasons that can create a flood: excessive rains and overflow of rivers. Rain is wel¬come for the growth of crops and cooling down the atmos¬phere‚ especially after the hot summer. But excessive rains spoil the harvest‚ and sometimes with the accumulated rain water‚ the tanks are overflowed and fields and roads remain under water‚ and even water enters the courtyard or drowns the ground floors of human habitations
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Running Head: IMPROVING FLOOD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 1 Improving Flood Emergency Preparedness in League City Abstract This paper explores a vital need to the residents of League City in regards to flood emergency response. Based on online research from the City of League City Mitigation Plan‚ Galveston County Mitigation Plan‚ and The Council for Excellence in Government‚ a local flood preparedness campaign focusing on a coordinated community emergency preparedness educational
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can be equipped for them. The top 10 possible emergencies include: 1. Floods‚ 2. Fires‚ 3. Winter Storms‚ 4. Tropical Storms‚ Tornadoes‚ and Thunderstorms‚ 5. Influenza Pandemic also known as the Flu‚ 6. Hazardous Material Incidents‚ 7. Earthquakes and Landslides‚ 8. Nuclear Threat‚ 9. Dam Failures‚ and 10. Terrorism. Floods The most common natural disaster in the United States is Flooding. Floods can happen in various ways. Floods can start slow during a long rain period‚ or if warm air trails after
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infrastructure in the way of the necessity for flood prevention construction. This view is only on of many other possible views we could have heard from‚ ranging from: the common wealth‚ all the way to royalty. Though the point of view of this document was clearly that there was an obvious necessity for a flood prevention plane‚ some of the other views we could have heard from like say the royalty for instance‚ may have not really noticed that there was a need for a flood prevention plane because they didn’t
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