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Hace 5 días · Weather- and climate-driven natural disasters include flooding caused by heavy rains associated with hurricanes and typhoons ( tropical cyclones) and other intense storms; drought, famine, and wildfires brought on by heat waves and shifts in precipitation patterns; wind -generated devastation caused by tropical cyclones, tornadoes, derechos, and...
- Weather Bureaus
Weather bureau, agency established by many countries to...
- Heat Waves
heat wave, period of prolonged abnormally high surface...
- Tsunami Warning System
Other articles where tsunami warning system is discussed:...
- Derecho
derecho, windstorm traveling in a straight line...
- Windstorms
windstorm, a wind that is strong enough to cause at least...
- Weather Forecasting
The observations of few other scientific enterprises are as...
- Crust
crust–mantle model, postulation of conditions that would...
- Pyroclastic Flows
pyroclastic flow, in a volcanic eruption, a fluidized...
- Weather Bureaus
Hace 4 días · A: There are several types of floods, including river floods, flash floods, coastal floods, and urban floods. Q: What are the potential consequences of floods? A: Floods can lead to loss of life, damage to infrastructure, destruction of crops, contamination of water sources, and displacement of communities.
Hace 1 día · A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.
Hace 3 días · More common effects include the damage to the structure as a result of the flood as well as loss of inventory, valuable documents, data stored on water damaged computer drives, damage to valuable machinery or company vehicles that may cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace.
Hace 4 días · Fukushima accident, disaster that occurred in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (‘Number One’) nuclear power plant on the Pacific coast of northern Japan, which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history.
Hace 4 días · Around 325,000 English properties are currently at high risk of flooding caused by heavy rainfall, more commonly referred to as ‘surface water flooding’. This type of flooding can cause major disruption to people’s lives and livelihoods.
Hace 2 días · Floods are generally caused by excessive rainfall, excessive snowmelt, storm surge from hurricanes, and dam failure. Decade of the 2000s. U.S. 59 flooding in Houston from Allison (2001) November 2000 Hawaii floods.
