This flood was induced by a typhoon that had hit the mountain ranges afterwards and led to surface run off. In this case the country was affected greatly and more than the Californian flooding disaster of 1996-7 because they has no risk management put in place for that particular disaster, meaning the water could simply run into the villages. Secondly they has been hit by a typhoon, many people’s homes had already fallen into disrepair or destroyed, and the flood just helped more to destroy. The people were already vulnerable, flooding helps pass around disease, more people were at risk, as they only had partial homes. On the other hand in California in 1996-7 they were experiencing sub-tropical storms, it had been the wettest December in a while.
This was not helped by the fact there were 8 storms in just 2 months.Also, over 407 years there have been 4 major floods, the frequency being 101.5 years per flood. Flood recurrence is totally random and they can only be predicted based on historical data. This means there are no warnings for a flood, so people must be prepared at all times. This can sometimes be impossible and cost a lot of money to keep flood defences. Flat land over the levels meant water couldn’t be quickly taken away, meaning the depth of the flood increased largely.
Tornadoes are responsible for more than $1 billion annually (adjusted to 2007 U.S. dollars) in property damage and for disrupting thousands of lives and businesses. On the local level, the impact of a tornado can be devastating within the area that it destroys . When a tornado hits a human environment, however, more extensive damage can happen. The impact of the tornado can include releasing chemicals, oil, and other toxins, into the environment, doing more extensive damage over a broader area. While this is not a major concern, especially compared to other potential causes of damage, it is a reason to make certain potentially hazardous materials are secure.
More updated methods of accelerating decomposition have been introduced in more recent years, however, these liquids are still potentially leaking. Even state-of-the-art landfills contribute to massive pollution to groundwater. While grasses in the creek Royte describes, act as erosion control and natural filters and some organisms seemed to continue to thrive is such horrid conditions, the author mentions that she later learned that pollutants from the water were showing up in bird eggs and chicks and jeopardizing their long term
Unit 4: Corporate Social Responsibility: The Wreck of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited Kaplan University LS 312-02 Ethics and the Legal Environment Corporate Social Responsibility Undoubtedly, the events of September 22, 1993 were indeed heartbreaking and tragic. Errors in judgement, failure to follow protocol, and the loss of life initially left many questions unanswered. There is always a rush to judgement when tragedies occur and it is justifiable for the public to demand answers. By all accounts, this was not a “normal accident”. Normal accidents do not involve negligence and incompetency.
“residents exhibited a ‘disturbingly high rate of miscarriages ... Love Canal can now be added to a growing list of environmental disasters involving toxics, ranging from industrial workers stricken by nervous disorders and cancers to the discovery of toxic materials in the milk of nursing mothers.’ (Love Canal). All of the people deserved a very safe environment to live in, but there were much too many toxic chemicals that were once underground. As you can see Love Canal’s land doesn’t look like a very safe place to start a community. If you think
Haiti in the other hand, was not prepared for their earthwuake and they didn’t now expect an outbreak after. Haiti’s earthquake was big but not as big as Japan’s earthquake. Japan had a tsunami nuclear crissis, but they didn’t have an outbreak like Haiti. Both countries received horrible damage and the death toll in both countries were very high. In both places there were atleast millions of people who were homeless and some people were missing afterwards.
Many people don’t realize the affects of floods in the United States. Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States. The reason why floods are hazardous is because a flood can develop slowly over a period of days or can develop quickly causing flash floods without any visible signs of rain. Many places in the United States have experienced, this including North
The first thing that needs to be said is that people do not feel conveniently if they are in hazard area. There are many countries that suffer from the natural disasters such as flood, drought, earthquake, hurricanes and so on. As far as we know, natural disasters lead to different consequences. The most meaningful impacts of natural disasters are lack of food, destruction of habitats, extinction of animal species, and loss of people. That is why people flee their home-countries to seek a shelter from danger threatens them.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, looting, violence and other criminal activity became serious problems. The rescue efforts, had most of the attention of the police, causing the security to weaken (Hurricane Katrina, 2010). There was a concern that the constant flooding would lead to health problems. In addition to dehydration and food poisoning, there was also potential of the spread of various infections and disease. All related to the growing contamination of food and drinking water supplies in the city in combination with the city’s heat and humidity