Essays on Disaster

Natural disasters are eminent facts of life. Humans often have little control over whether they occur or not. However, they can be prepared to face those natural disasters and minimise their risks. Today I will discuss three natural disasters and possible solutions. The first natural…

Introduction Flood is one of the riskiest catastrophic events. It happens when unreasonable water is gathered in any territory. It as a rule occurs because of substantial precipitation. India is exceptionally inclined to flood. There are numerous areas in the nation that face this cataclysmic…

The enduring issue of scarcity has hurt many people over many decades. Scarcity is the lack of appearance, amount, or supply. Scarcity can be caused by citizens panickily over buying goods. An enduring issue is a conflict that society has faced over a long period…

The science behind global warming can go one of two ways, either it proves global warming or it doesn’t. It can be hard to know what is really true because there is data to prove either. We only have to study the day to day…

According to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) October 2018 report, global temperatures are already above 1[degree] C (33.8F) and if action is not taken it will rise to 1.5C (34.7F) or even 2.0C (35.6F). While some do not believe in climate change such…

When you hear of the term “storm”, what comes to your mind? A lot, right? It could be a blizzard, heavy rain, lightning, hail, wind, and so on. Let us talk about the windstorm for the sake of this post. According to experts, this type…

‘Appalachian Voices commissioned a study in 2009 that showed nearly 1.2 million acres had been surface mined for coal and more than 500 mountains destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining.’ (Mountaintop Removal 101 > Appalachian Voices) The Last Mountain documentary is a documentary about the…

Everyone in the Central Valley, and most of California has heard of the always looming threat of droughts. Nevertheless, would most people be able to explain why California is in a drought? The assumption of a drought is lack of rainfall, which is the textbook…

This drought, compounded by a short supply of hay on the eastern seaboard of Australia and rising transport costs, is likely to change the farming landscape in Australia for decades to come. Drought has a huge impact on the Australian economy, considering Australia is the…

Provide vocational training to people of all ages and genders, establish an effective communication system between all humanitarian organizations, and allocate all the necessary resources. Paid training sessions which can be formulated by college-going students. This can be a part of their small earing. Besides…

Death Valley, one of the hottest places in the world, is the centerpiece of the Death Valley National Park in Eastern California. Death Valley was formed as a part of a graben. To the east of the San Andreas Fault System (SAFS) lies a tectonically…

Risk management has been established as a well-defined procedure for handling risks due to natural, environmental or manmade hazards, of which floods are representative. Schanze, et al. (2002) provided different definitions of flood risk management: ‘‘the flood risk management should be defined as holistic and…

The paucity of research studies related to the evaluation of short-fuse hazard warnings in the US is rather troubling, especially as urban populations continue to rise in hazard prone regions (Ashley, 2007). Nevertheless, the majority of evaluative studies have assessed the quality of tornado warning…

It is a calm, quiet morning in the Roman Empire. The year is 79 AD. The busy civilians of Pompeii are carrying out their usual roles. Little did they know, this day would later be known as a day of destruction and terror. However, it…

Envision an enormous volcano burning masses of ash, as well as lava, hitting your city, burning everything in sight as well as killing you? That sounds like a daunting vision, correct? Unfortunately, the ancient individuals of Pompeii didn’t have to imagine. They endured it. In…

There has been a question around the world that has people wondering what is the right thing to do in a situation of crisis. The question that has positives and negatives to both sides is the question of “Should price gouging be illegal”? Price gouging…

There are always going to be improvements needed to be made when dealing with a chaotic event. The lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina better equipped the US to deal with another catastrophic Hurricane like Sandy. During Hurricane Sandy many government agencies and private sectors were…

The purpose of this report is to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of disaster management and response strategies to Hurricane Sandy. The report aims to identify these factors so that positive aspects can be built upon and limitations can be improved on in the future….

Introduction On October 22nd 2012, a hurricane out of season began to form south of Jamaica heading north. This was Hurricane Sandy, the 4th most costly hurricane ($65bn) to hit the USA (NOAA, 2018). Sandy made landfall as a Category-1 in Jamaica and upgraded to…

In the world, there are currently multiple areas in which the interaction of tectonic plates can be represented. I am going to discuss how, as well as provide scientific reasoning to justify the features provided on the surface of the earth due to the Himalayan…

Katrina hit on August 29, with this hurricane there was 130-miles-per-hour winds, 10 to 12 inches of rainfall, and a storm surge approaching 30 feet. Katrina is the third worst hurricane in histiry. For my paper I decided to write about how Katrina affected New…

Introduction The United States was not ready for the destruction imposed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. There was not a guide or training manual to reference, everything was unique. Hurricane Katrina moved swiftly and was “under the radar” from its inception. Starting as a…

Before the Storm The tropical depression that became hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas around August 23, 2005. By August 28 evacuations were going on across the region. New Orleans was the most at risk. Although half the city lies above sea level, its average…

Background Moderating fiasco sway requires distinguishing hazard factors. The expanded weakness of the physically delicate is effectively comprehended. Subtler is the financial hazard factors, particularly inside moderately prosperous social orders. Tropical storm Katrina showed vast numbers of these dangers inside the United States. These variables…

To begin with, by dictionary, a drought is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water. This study of the climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought was carried out through a 6-month period…

Small scale farmers are the driving force behind economies in Africa, even though their potential is not realized. The term small scale farmers is given to farmers from their lack of resources, they own small land that they use to produce crops. Which they may…

Cape Town is one of the most populated cities in South Africa and is the legislative capital, located in the south-western corner of the country at the foot of Table Mountain. The Cape Town drought was caused by many different things such as agricultural strain,…

1930 the start of one of Kansas’s great struggles the Dust Bowl. A huge reason of this is the use of farming techniques that work on land not of Kansas. Another is the consecutive droughts that occured in succession. Finally you have the strong winds…

In the Epic of Gilgamesh and Perspolis, there are many similarities, the respective society oppresses women in different ways in each story. In both stories, the strong female characters display their strength and perseverance through sexual expression as a means of surviving in this environment…

Introduction Amidst a change in food demand patterns in emerging economies such as China and India leading to an increase in the consumption of fish (Gandhi and Zhou 2014) hand in hand with growing concerns on feeding World population and climate change, not only supply…

Introduction The terms El Niño and La Niña talk over with the periodic changes within the Pacific ocean surface temperatures that impact the weather. close to the equator, the western pacific surface ocean is generally terribly heat and therefore the Japanese Pacific is incredibly cool….

What is El Niño? El Niño is a climatic event which describes an unpredictable and unusual rise in sea surface temperatures in the Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. This unusual rise in sea surface temperatures is as a result of the El Niño’s correlation with the…

Introduction El Niño and La Niña are Spanish words that can be translated to little boy and little girl in English, however, that is not the only meaning and is not the only thing they stand for. Both these events are weather anomalies that are…

Introduction This assay is based on El Nino as a frequent event, the impacts El Nino attributes on South African economy, food security, farm practices and labour relations. It also includes what global warming is, its causes and difference between global warming and climate change….

The Iowa tornado outbreak occurred during May 22-31, 2008, and it was considered a set of different tornado outbreaks that affected the central plains of the United States. A total of 239 tornadoes were recorded during this time. We will focus on May 25th, 2008,…

Tornado is a strongly, rotating wind, occurring below the bottom of the convective storm, which at least once touches the earth’s surface and is sufficiently strong enough to cause material damage. It is capable of carrying objects up to 5 tons in air. It has…

On March 3, 2019, Lee County, Alabama, southern United States suffered from the severe disasters of the tornado and the tornado disaster had resulted in 23 deaths and dozens missing until March 5 (Alijah, 2019). In the case of this natural disaster, a large number…

A Natural Disaster By dictionary definition, a natural disaster is a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life. But a natural disaster is much more than that. Natural disasters can strike swiftly, destroying lives by…

Introduction Uttarakhand is an Indian state which is situated on the southern slope of Himalayan Belt. This state, in general is prone to severe natural disasters like earthquake, floods, avalanche, landslide or forest fire. Wherever, the 2013 flash flood in Uttarakhand is the worst tragedy…

Rapid urbanization and industrialization are leading to the environmental degradation such as deforestation. As a result natural disaster is becoming more extreme and the losses of lives and properties also increasing in a large amount. So, an effective step is necessary to minimize the effect…

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody”Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities Twenty-five years ago, the city of homestead was in the center of a category five hurricane which…

Background Technical advancements give extraordinary chances to assemble resilience and extend availability. Experiences from the area and around the globe have demonstrated that disaster prevention and preparedness, empowered by correspondence and space innovations, can be significantly more successful and less expensive than any time in…

One rainy day in Tokyo, Japan, there was a man named Tadashi. Tadashi loved his job as a bus driver he also loved traditional Japanese music. On that day Tadashi was polishing his new bus. After he went to several different bus stops with listening…

The issues that are faced in today’s time is mainly related to environment and eco system. What we have done is that we have not focused on the environment we on the other hand have focused on profit maximization the greatest element that is involved…

The environment is also a major part of nature and it affect a lot more even human cannot be live without certain natural elements like oxygen, or water which found everywhere naturally. But now the one question is comes into mind why need IoT for…

Introduction So far this century there have been more than 1,100 fatal earthquake causing a total loss of life exceeding 1. 53 million people. Reducing the loss of life is the primary protection strategies, and yet the processes that contribute to death tolls and the…

I chose my hometown of Crisfield, Maryland, as a population that is at risk to disastrous hurricanes. Crisfield is considered a population at risk because, we are a low-lying town, on the water, in the poorest county. I am not zoning in on one specific…

As a river maternal Country Bangladesh has to face the flood problem every year. When flood occurs, many communities can be destroyed and many lives can be killed. Due to limited resources, it is not possible to warn people in street level. So, we crucially…

Climate change effects on disaster vulnerabilities – environment & land/geography, social economic, health, infrastructure, livelihood, etc. Climate change and extreme events result in huge impacts on the humans as well as on the ecosystem this create economic losses, then there is impact on tourism and…

Wildfires cause extensive damage comparable to devastations caused by hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. Like ambient air pollution, wildfire smoke contains numerous pollutants such as “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, aldehydes, organic acids, gases, free radicals and inorganic materials,” (Zelikoff J. , et al….

Why we need to look into floods of all natural disasters? Since India face extremely weather conditions every year and incidence of landslides and devastating floods are high in number. India is one among the massively Floodplain countries in world and in recent times there…

Natural disasters are events that are abrupt and unexpected as well as preventable but completely unavoidable. Around the world there is an average of at least one natural disaster in a day. They are known to have ample effects of phsyical and mental health of…

The country of Bangladesh is located in South Asia and is bordered by both India and Myanmar. The nation is situated above the Bay of Bengal and covers a total area of 147,570 square kilometers with a total population of 163,477,000. Bangladesh is often referred…

Introduction Over the past few decades, the world population has seen an increase in the percentage of urban population. More and more people around the world are migrating to the urban centers, where the urban population is mainly concentrated. More than 60% of the world’s…

Sahel Desertification The people of the Sahel region have had a long history of migration as a livelihood diversification strategy to combat the Sahelian climate. Low income countries such as Mali and Burkina Faso are engaged in a losing battle against the relentless episodes of…

Introduction Humanitarian aid arises from the needs of vulnerable people who, for different reasons, whether natural disasters, conflicts or the combination of both, do not have the capacity or the means to cover their needs, and have a dignified life in which their human rights…

There are multiple factors led these people to death in this catastrophe. For instance, in this case, Kraukauer said that “I felt so disconnected from the climbers around me….. We were a team in name only…… we would leave camp as a group, we would…

An essential recuperation from a disaster is to guarantee that the opportune individuals are around to help with repairs, screen restart and, by and large, help reestablish the operational status of the ranch. A condition of emergency is the last time it is important to…

Temporary Housing for Displaced People due to Hurricane Background of the Problem At the southernmost location in the United States lies the island of Key West. At four Miles long and one mile wide, it is at the end of the chain of islands known…

This report is based on the disaster that took place in May 1996 when two teams attempted to climb Mount Everest. Rob Hall who had already guided 39 clients to the summit of Everest, was the leader of the first team named Adventure Consultants. The…

Throughout the course of life people tend to do the same activities over and over again. These activities become routine; not only are these behaviors done daily, but weekly, monthly and even annually. These routines that are repeated over time become tradition. Imagine that one-day…

In this constantly evolving world, it feels like every aspect of the world is controlled by climate change. Pope Francis once said that “climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political, and for the distribution of goods.” Pope Francis’ supports…

“The drought currently encompasses over 98% of the state of California” (Chuck 2015) Almost the entire state of California is suffeing from drought issues, however, “more than 44% of California is in “exceptional” drought — the worst level of drought” (Rice 2015). This means that…

Does Big Chico Creek support fish life? To answer this question we need to explore what life a creek should support and if in fact that life is supported or sustained in Big Chico Creek. A side thought worth consideration and investigation can be: how…

El Nino is a warm coastal current that flows south along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru (Wyrtki). El Nino is a Spanish term meaning “the child.” The name refers to the Christ child because it usually begins around Christmas and ends around Easter (Cane)….

An earthquake is when two parts of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip past one is called fault or fault plane. The spot below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter, and the location directly…

Flooding is considered as the most common and damaging natural disaster worldwide. It is an environmental hazard that poses harm to human life, damage to infrastructures, disturbance to economic activities, and decrease in ecological resources. The catastrophic impact of floods to human welfare and urban…

Passive Seismic Control Systems are called passive because they do not require any additional energy source to operate and are activated only by the earthquake input motion. They are divided into three different types: Energy Dissipation Devices Base Isolation Devices Dynamic Oscillators Passive control of…

Economic is the main factor that drives a country forward because it generates income and shows stability of the country which helps every business run smoothly and draws interests of investors. However, it is hard to control the stability when natural disaster strikes because many…

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin ruled the USSR1 from 1929 to his death on 5 March 1953 (history.com, 2018). When Joseph Stalin came into power during 1929, he believed that the USSR was under threat from the West and at this time, the Soviet Union was primarily…

In previous years, cities have gone missing all over the world and it’s not due to magic. These are called lost cities which are defined as “a settlement that fell into terminal decline and became extensively or completely uninhabited, with the consequence that the site’s…

Disaster – Concept A Disaster is an incidence or sequence of events, which gives rise to fatalities and harm or loss of assets, communications, environment, indispensable services or sources of income on such an extent which is beyond the usual capability of the affected society…

Cataclysmic events happen everywhere throughout the world, and they can be absolutely wrecking for individuals’ lives and the conditions in which they live. Albeit cataclysmic events are caused by nature and there is nothing that we can do to counteract them happening, there are various…

Cataclysmic event is any inescapable occasion that influences the earth. It not just outcomes in mass loss of human lives yet additionally antagonistically influence the economy of the area. Catastrophic events have long history of event which can’t be anticipated, nor would it be able…

Related Local Studies According to Mamon, M. A. C., Suba, R. A. V., and Son, I. L (February 9, 2018), low perception on disaster risks are evidently observed among senior high school students. The students’ responses could be developed on the effectivity and influence of…

Disaster is a serious event that seriously causes severe changes society which causes human , economic, material and environmental loss. BP failed to make proper contingency plans for an explosion at its Deepwater Horizon oil well and then misled officials about the amount of oil…

If two pieces of Earth, all of the sudden slip past each other then an Earthquake will follow. Faults, fault lines or fault planes are surfaces that slip past each other. An earthquake starts in the hypocenter, which is located beneath Earth’s surface. The epicenter…

‘Vehicles were submerged under water within 10 minutes, 21 parking lots in the city were attacked, thousands of automobiles and motorcycles were damaged.’ This is how people remembered the flood of September 2016 in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). In recent years, annually flooding is…

When we talk about poverty we do not only refer to the situation but to the consequences that affect their daily life. Poverty is the “lack of goods and services necessary to meet basic needs. Food, access to housing, health or education are considered the…

TOHOKU, Japan, Friday, Mar. 11 -Yesterday, a 9.0 magnitude Earthquake struck the east of Tohoku, Japan. The epicentre of the earthquake was located approximately 72 km east of Tohoku (38.3 degrees North latitude and 142.4 degrees East longitude), or 130 km east of Sendai as…