Causes of floods Flood is overflow of the huge amount of water onto the normally dry land. Flood occurs when the overflowing water submerges land and causes deluge. It is a cruel and violent expression of water. Catastrophic floods are the floods that are caused by some significant and unexpected events‚ for instance dam breakages. Heavy rainfalls are one of the major causes of floods. The level of water in rivers or lakes rises due to heavy rainfalls. When the level of water rises above the
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FLOODS IS ASSAM ON 22nd JUNE 2012 Assam‚ the gateway to the north-eastern seven sister states of India‚ is facing the nature’s fury once again as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries (Kapili etc.‚) continued to flow above the danger mark due to heavy rainfalls since June 1st week. Around 116 people are killed and an estimated population of 22 lakh have been affected in the worst ever flood in recent years causing large-scale devastation in 2809 villages in 27 of the 28 districts of the state
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African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(7)‚ pp. 1054-1067‚ 19 February‚ 2012 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR DOI: 10.5897/AJARX11.036 ISSN 1991-637X ©2012 Academic Journals Review A critical analysis of 2010 floods in Pakistan Hashim Nisar Hashmi1‚ Qazi Tallat Mahmood Siddiqui1*‚ Abdul Razzaq Ghumman1‚ Mumtaz Ahmed Kamal1 and Habib ur Rehman Mughal2 1 2 Department of Civil Engineering‚ University of Engineering and Technology‚ Taxila‚ Pakistan. Department
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Alice Paul February 2‚ 2014 Did you ever wonder how women got their rights‚ and who helped make that happen? There were many women that helped get their rights in the past‚ such as Alice Stokes Paul. Alice Paul was a suffragist and women’s right activist that was born on January 11th 1885 in Moorestown‚ New Jersey‚ USA. She changed the world in many different ways‚ however she did go through tough times while making change to the world. Although Alice was only
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Response Paper of the Johnstown Flood “Johnstown flood” is a short story written by David McCullough. This story talks about the miraculous survival of a little girl named Gertrude. Gertrude’s sheer luck got her up the hill safely. Of course‚ with the help of several people she met along the way. I think that this is an extraordinary act of how worked together and some people put his/her life at risk to save a small child that they didn’t even knew. I fell that this is a great example of how
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FLASH FLOOD Flash flood is one of the natural disasters that harmful to people. This kind of natural disaster usually cannot be expected by people because flash flood is a sudden occurrence. Flash flood happened suddenly with very little warning. So that‚ this will become a hazard situation when nobody knows that there will be happen a flood while all of them are busy doing their job. This shows that it is important to be aware of any signs of the flood and always remember to get to the high ground
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Operation Flood was a rural development programme started by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1970. One of the largest of its kind‚ the programme objective was to create a nationwide milk grid. It resulted in making India the largest producer of milk and milk products‚ and hence is also called the White Revolution of India. It also helped reduce malpractices by milk traders and merchants. This revolution followed the Indian Green Revolution and helped in alleviating poverty and
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Edward Mai #22 01/21/05 HALO:The Flood By William C. Dietz Today I am going to tell you about a great book I read lately. It is called HALO:The Flood. The Flood is based on the award-winning Xbox game‚ Halo. This book was interesting because it tells the story through several different perspectives. Some of the perspectives include: the super-soldier‚ Master Chief‚ an alien‚ another alien‚ a sergeant‚ and a few soldiers. Although some new character perspectives are introduced
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The Johnstown Flood The Johnstown flood is tragic story. Almost a myth these days‚ thousands of lives were lost only hundreds saved. David McCullough artfully tells the story of the dam that broke‚ because of ignorance and neglect‚ and the individual lives that it affected‚ he crafts together the facts of the disaster with the emotion making you see and feel the pain and hurt. When the huge dam broke and hundreds of thousands of gallons of water went rushing down into the valley there was nothing
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flooding. Today the safety man and I took a tour of the facility and its immediate environs with a view to finding a solution to this problem. Solutions: 1. Complete the drainage system at the back of our base to ensure that any water running off our base get taken safely away to a faraway reservoir. 2. Seal off all drainage outlets from our base …this is to ensure that water from any external sources do not find its way into our base. Build a sump/skimmer pit at the very end of our facility
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