Yangtze River Floods‚ in China‚ left 14 million people homeless. • The 2005 Mumbai floods which killed 1094 people. • The 2010 Pakistan floods‚ damaged crops and infrastructure‚ claiming many lives. Tropical cyclones can result in extensive flooding and storm surge‚ as happened with: • Bhola Cyclone‚ which struck East Pakistan
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variability and climate change are potentially more significant for the poor in developing countries .The impact of climate change on agriculture will be huge and substantive. Coastal people are highly exposed to a range of natural hazards‚ from storms and cyclones to widespread flooding and coastal erosion. Table: Potential Change of Climatic Variability Year Mean Temperature Change (0C) Mean Rainfall Change(mm) Sea Level Rise(cm) Annual Dec‚ Jan‚ Feb June‚ July Aug Annual Dec‚ Jan‚ Feb June
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What happened before the hurricane? The tropical misery which transformed into Hurricane Katrina‚ constructed over Bahamas on August 23‚2005‚ and the weather predictors soon had the ability to warned people living amongst the Gulf Coast region‚ that a large storm is on its way. By the time August the 28th had hit evacuations were under way through out the Gulf of the United States. That same day National Weather predictors predicted after the storm the majority of the Gulf Coast would be unsafe
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Index Introduction ……………………………………………………………....3 Earth quakes ……………………………………………..……………….3 Volcanic eruptions………………………………………………………...3 Floods………………………………………………………………..…….4 Limnic eruptions…………………………………………………………4 Tsunamis……………………………………………………………….…5 Blizzards …………………………………………………………………5 Droughts &Hailstorms ……………………………………………........6 Tornadoes & Fires …………………………………………….………..7 Gamma ray burst ……………………………………….………………7 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………7 References ………………………………………………………………………….
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we will never forget about. Super Storm Sandy‚ a Category 3 storm‚ as known as Hurricane Sandy was a dramatic event that happened in October 2012. Sandy was a post-tropical cyclone that swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States. Hurricane Sandy begun as a tropical wave but it quickly aroused into a tropical storm in just 6 hours. It upgraded to a hurricane when the winds arose 74mph. Many States prepared themselves for the storm in advance. Air force and National Guard
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Economics Effects of Superstorm Sandy Shannon Heyman LIM College Abstract This report examines the immediate and continuing economic effects of hurricane Sandy that struck the North Eastern Region of the United States of America‚ specifically New York‚ and New Jersey in late October of 2012. Several articles from national and regional news agencies were used to compile the facts pertaining to the economic conditions of the region as well as the implications on the national economy. Studies indicate
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the President or the Government created storms. There was a recent study about whether they really did create the storms such as Hurricane Sandy. In August of 2008‚ The Telegraph reported that US scientists “believe they can weaken the strength of tropical storms and steer them off course using a range of methods that include spraying fine particles into hurricanes or cooling the seawater in areas where they form.” October 30th US NEWS had published a “conspiracy theory” that alleged Obama had used
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Considered as one of the top five deadliest storms in America‚ Hurricane Katrina was a tropical cyclone that engulfed the United States and killed close to 2000 people. It also destroyed property and goods worth billions of dollars. Though it began far in the Bahamas‚ the storm left a trail of devastation along the Gulf Coast‚ Florida‚ and Texas‚ but most of the damage occurred in Louisiana (Hartman and Gregory 24). Katrina traveled along the coastal region of Mississippi leading to massive flooding
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at the time of its occurrence in August 1992‚ the costliest hurricane in United States history. The fourth tropical cyclone and the first hurricane of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season‚ Andrew originated from a tropical wave over the central Atlantic. Initially‚ strong wind shear prevented much intensification‚ though increasingly favorable conditions allowed the system to become a tropical storm on August 17 and a minimal hurricane six days later. After turning westward‚ Andrew entered a stage of
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is called a cyclone. The danger region of a hurricane is normally in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. The hurricane season is the six month time period from June-November. The peak month of hurricanes is September. Hurricanes form over the ocean. Easterly waves‚ what hurricanes develop from‚ are long‚ narrow regions of low pressure which occur in ocean winds called trade winds. At first‚ these easterly waves can grow into something called‚ a tropical depression. A tropical depression
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