There were many casualties as a result of Hurricane Katrina and still hundreds of people haven’t been found. It took a few weeks for the water to recede and then people were allowed to return home to inspect the
Although I have never been to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there has been a severe flu season this year. It wasn't as devastating as yellow fever, but yellow fever could not be compared to the Spanish flu. The outbreak in Philadelphia only affected Philadelphia only affected Philadelphia, but the Spanish flu killed millions of lives. Make Connections After I finished reading, I was surprised that Fever 1793 was similar to Midnight Rider. Although Mrs. Clapham said a lot of people compared Fever 1793 to Midnight Rider, I was still surprised that Fever 1793 was similar to Midnight Rider.
The island of Puerto Rico faced a category 4 hurricane that demolished many houses and destroyed much of our wildlife. Thousands of Puerto Ricans faced consequences of the hurricane and are still in recovery. Now I will tell my journey of overcoming hurricane Maria. Once we got hurricane warnings, we went to grocery stores and bought food that can be eaten and prepared without electricity because we knew we were going to be without
We helped this lady and her 5 months old child from the heavy rain to the nearest town. On further asking her what was wrong with her child, she told us he is having high fever and vomiting since last night and there is no one in her apartment to help her to send them to the hospital. I was very glad that my friend decided to stop and help this lady and take her child to hospital. Here we can observe his great human nature of feeling to help others has proven personality to be very great help people in need. Hence from that moment onwards, I became his fan in gaining his personality of human nature and started to help
Thus we derive the final total premium for the extension peril would be ($810.00 + 506.25) = $1 316.25 Damage by Falling Trees or Branches and Objects It is misfortunate during the recent Penang worst flood of the 3 decades, the victim’s heart bleeding with blood found out not only the house been submerged with water, but also the falling branches and tree fall on the house the car parked in the car porch. It a normal to see an insured claim for the loss or damage only realize that agent did not carry out the professional
These collisions seem the most harmless cause one thinks that the back of your vehicle just gets ‘bumped’ but actually these can be one of the most dangerous like in an accident earlier this year in Edenvale – 5 vehicles ended up in a rear end collision and the jaws of life had to be used to free the motorists and 5 people were in critical condition. Another example where someone wasn’t paying attention while driving was the car accident where Duduzane Zuma crashed into a minibus taxi and a 14 year old was killed. It must be really hard to miss a big taxi so he probably as well wasn’t paying attention on the road and this ended up in an unfortunate fatality. The big controversy though is whether or not he will receive special treatment because his father is our
Cyclone Tracey – Topic question: Why was Tropical Cyclone Tracey so significant to Australia? Initial Research: Tropical Cyclone Tracey was a small but catastrophic that hit Darwin in 25th of December 1974 and lasted two days. Accounted of 65 lives and destroyed lots of infrastructure and environment. Winds going at a pace of 50km/h and then hitting speeds of at 217km/h. Within 3 weeks, the cyclone lead to 2/3 of the population leaving to find safety.
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was mainly affected in 1929’s major flood. In 1950, nearly 100 people lost their lives due to the overflow of the Jhelum river. A massive glacial flood originated from 4 days of continuous rain whipped the valley & the city in 1959. In 1992’s flood, around 200 people lost their lives & 60,000 people got marooned. There was a half an hour cloud burst, which lead to flash floods in the Leh-Ladakh region in 2010 causing extensive
Nagin is currently serving a 10-year sentence for the crimes he committed and the unethical behavior he displayed ("Swept Up In The Storm: Hurricane Katrina's Key Players, Then And Now", 2018). Although the leadership in the Louisiana government was lacking during/post Katrina, the leadership of the Mississippi government reacted differently. They were prepared and dedicated to
Furthermore, landslides can be the activated or as the secondary effect of short-term stresses like earthquakes and rainstorms (World Health Organization, n.d). Meanwhile, based on the study of Kyoji Sassa (as cited in Qiu, 2014), a geologist at Kyoto University in Japan, his team have shown that how the poor-water pressure and the strength of slope matter alter with increasing rain by a lab-based landslide simulator. Then, the researcher also proved the initiation and movement of a slide by feeding the data into a computer model designed. Tourism urban modernization development in coastal urban area is one of the causes of geological disasters, all the roads and household which are built