Flooding

pointed towards the media for making the people of Houston believe in their opinionated suggestions about who’s fault it may be for the flooding of Houston’s area. This article’s intended audience is not only informing the people of Houston, but also the people who take strong…

The effects of climate change are worse than people believe. When the average American thinks about climate change they solely think about carbon dioxide and various greenhouse gases releasing into the atmosphere or ice caps melting, however climate change dramatically impacts the infrastructure. Rising sea levels, heavy downpours, and extreme heat, all caused by climate change, deteriorate highways, bridges, buildings, water plants, power plants, and most importantly dams. These dilapidations…

Norfolk, Virginia and because of so much rain falls (18 inches) there was a rise in sea level causing flooding in the area. This flooding caused 25 million dollars in cleanup for Norfolk alone. If the climate warms to 2 degrees the sea level rise will rise and continue for centuries (Sutter, 2015). If sea levels rise cities like Norfolk, Washington D.C., Houston, and Miami will suffer from immense flooding. We already see examples of this from the current events that happened in Houston with…

spatial scope of the storm, the extent of snowfall and comparison of these components with the population. Floods- Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis Flooding is highly reliant on precipitation amounts, and it occurs around a given body of water and a low-lying surface with enough snowmelt or precipitation. In Georgia, a total of 1,601 flooding incidents has happened from 1960-2012. This equates to roughly 26 events per year. In total, these floods have caused 69 fatalities, 51 injuries and…

Flooding Hurricane Katrina caused a storm surge, which is when a Hurricane causes sea levels to rise dramatically. This makes areas near the coast extremely vulnerable to flooding and it is usually this affect that has the most impact on human lives. As Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the levees protecting the city were overcome by the storm surge and the enormous waves, made by the extreme winds of the storm. As the levees gave way, huge areas of New Orleans were flooded and according to…

In today’s society that we live in, there are countless amounts of environmental problems that we face, such as global warming, pollution , animal extinction , and overpopulation. These issues affect our environment for the worse and have caused problems physically and economically. For instance, in Houston, Texas, overpopulation is becoming one of the major problems. This city has come to the extreme where it has had to expand the urbanization. Houston has a flat land surface which is mostly…

periods will lead to increased flooding and droughts. Heavier rainfall events may overload the capacity of sewer systems, water and wastewater treatment plants more often. In drier times, low flows may lead to higher pollution concentrations. There are implications for inland shipping due to rising water levels. The overall impact on inland navigation is negative, but region specific. For example, transport stoppages on the Rhine caused by increased annual flooding could have a substantial…

A watershed is an area of land that separates water flowing to different rivers,basins, or seas. For example the Mississippi River watershed is an enormous watershed.”Not only does water run into the streams and rivers from the surface of a watershed, but water also filters through the soil, and some of this water eventually drains into the same streams and rivers.”Watersheds affect water quality, the Earth picks up water pollution and gets rid of the pollution in the water streams and rivers as…

Not only did ancient Egypt have a sufficient amount of food to supply for themselves, they also had such a surplus, that they could supply their neighbors with their grain. First and foremost, having a food surplus wasn’t the most common because usually civilizations only had what was necessary, instead of extra. Also, Egypt is in the middle of a desert, so them having a surplus in grains is far from what would be expected. Egypt is sometimes referred to as the “Breadbasket” of the ancient world…

fears that whatever food they have left will run out and they will be left with none. The U.S. also worries that the building destruction is not the only problem that Haiti’s must face, It may be only the beginning because there are large amounts of flooding and already a spike in cholera cases. The U.S. is trying to help…