Chopra While the focus is on pilgrims‚ nobody is talking about the fate of boys and men who came from their villages in the Mandakini valley to earn during the yatri season It is one week since Uttarakhand’s worst disaster in living memory. Flash floods resulting from extremely intense rainfall swept away mountainsides‚ villages and towns‚ thousands of people‚ animals‚ agricultural fields‚ irrigation canals‚ domestic water sources‚ dams‚ roads‚ bridges‚ and buildings — anything that stood in the
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The Uttarakhand Tragedy In June 2013‚ a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country’s worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Though some parts of Himachal Pradesh‚ Haryana‚ Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India‚ some regions of Western Nepal‚ and some parts of Western Tibet also experienced heavy rainfall‚ over 95% of the casualties occurred in Uttarakhand. As of 16 July 2013‚ according to figures provided by
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WHAT IS A DROUGHT? While other parts of the country receive good rain. Others‚ such as the drought of 1982±83‚ can affectmore than half of the country. Droughts can beshort and intense‚ such as the drought that lastedfrom 1 April 1982 to 28 February 1983; or they canbe long lived‚ such as the drought from 1 March1991 to 31 December 1995. When drought comes to Australia‚ agriculturesuffers first and most severely Ð and eventuallyeveryone feels the impact. Economic impactsDrought affects farmers
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Introduction In January of 2014‚ California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency after the drought led to the driest year in California history. Local government agencies sprung into action‚ calling for a twenty percent decrease in statewide water usage. Californians across the state were subjected to laws and regulations put in place to manage drought conditions. Farmers‚ especially‚ experienced hardship as groundwater and surface water supplies were cut off due to shortages. However
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Chuck Delagol Period 1 2/12/13 Ulysses S. Grant was a war hero and the 18th president of the United States. During his two year term he was criticized for a number of things. One major thing that negatively affected his political career was that he trusted too easily. As a result of this‚ members of his cabinet‚ and lower administration got away with everything from financial mismanagement to theft. Once word of this got out he lost support within his own party. Despite immense efforts‚ Grant
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over 92 deaths occur each year from floods. Again we cannot get away from the need of rain‚ but is there really a need for flooding?
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Jessica Micheaux Professor Barbara Cade World Lit Engl. 2302 30 January 2012 “The Comparisons and Contrast between Gilgamesh Flood & Noah’s Floods” I was asked to compare and contrast using the story of Gilgamesh’s flood and Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6:9). A good number of people know the famous story Noah’s flood‚ but do they know how it resembles to the Gilgamesh flood story? The main stories are so alike; the main theme is the biggest comparisons between the two. They also contrast greatly in the
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Sierras‚ through the Delta‚ to massive pumps that fill the aqueducts traversing the state‚” to become what is essentially the southern region of the Central Valley’s lifeline in obtaining and delivering water (Madrigal). California’s battle with drought is not new. The problem dissipates‚ only to reemerge every few years‚ narrowing the options for State‚ Federal‚ and Local Government agencies
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The yearly Nile flood happened due to heavy summer rains far away to the south in the highlands that typically occurred around September. Rivers from these areasflowed into the Nile. Each year‚ the floodwaters deposited new fertile silt into natural basins. Farmers did not have to add fertilizer to the soil. After the water soaked into the earth in the late fall‚ farmers cast seeds onto the rich soil and turned it over with wooden plows pulled by oxen. Nature did the rest until it was time to harvest
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2 2 DEFINING FLOODING 2 3 WHAT IS LA NINA 2 4 IMPACT OF FLOODS 2-3 5 MEASURES PUT IN PLACE TO HANDLE FLOODING 3 6 HUMAN IMPACT ON FLOODING 3-4 7 CONCLUSION
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