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Both of these natural disasters were big problems and caused a lot of damage in a day. However one of these storms caused more damage for a longer period of time. That storm was Hurricane Mitch because it took people 20 years to fix all the roads, houses and other building with their furniture. However the big flood did soak every building and furniture it could be dried from heat or put it in the sun. The people who suffered from the flood could keep their furniture and get it dried however the…

Hurricane Sandy pummeled New York City with tumultuous wind, rain, and storm surge. The storm flooded thousands of homes along the coast, caused mass power outages that reduced the ability of the public to effectively communicate, inundated the roads with debris, and covered entire neighborhoods along the coast with sand. In order to effectively respond to the aftermath of the storm New York City brought together numerous agencies to assist. These agencies include: Department of Sanitation,…

Heavy rains caused flash flooding across the Southern Tier last night, and some drivers were caught ignoring warnings about traveling on flooded roads. Tuesday, a section of Woodlawn Avenue was flooded with about two feet of water. It was cleared by Wednesday, but the Chemung County Emergency Management Office is reminding residents that when flash flooding occurs, turn around don't drown. "The incident over on Woodland Avenue under the railroad overpass, West 13th Street in Elmira Heights…

Greetings everyone. Today 8 lucky people will have the opportunity to accompany me Abdulla Hassan The president of the student for philanthropy organization this summer to Haiti on a mission to help rebuild their nation after the January 12, 2010 earthquake (Taft-Morales). Our main job will be to help those fellow human beings to rebuild their nation after the earthquake struck. As we may be aware, it has been more than five years now since the tragedy. Despite this fact, it has been difficult…

It seems that you cannot watch television or turn on your computer without seeing floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires or terrorist attacks happening all across the world. These threats can take devastating tolls on communities. In everyday life you don’t think something like that can happen to you or your community. Just look at what happened in 1998, a category five hurricane devastated Central America. Within hours, minutes, and even seconds, everything a person has and knows…

in 2005, the town was a big mess, without any help it was a disaster and a trainwreck.. With nobody to come to the rescue it was everyone for themselves. The hurricanes name was Katrina and it was a category three hurricane. It devastated the state of Louisiana and was a vicious storm. Over 80% of the larger roads and major areas were flooded by this storm. This lasted for weeks and the outcome was not only painful to think about but horrible to witness. In 2005 during the coastal hurricane…

A 7.1 earthquake hit Alaska on Sunday Jan. 24, 2016. The earthquake caused a road closure when the natural gas line broke and burned four homes to the ground. The Kenai Fire department announced Monday that the Lilac Lane has been reopened. However, they are still continuing repairs. Residents have returned home after the tremor. More repairs have to be done to make sure there are no concentrations of natural gas in the area, as explained by Natural Gas Utility Enstar Spokesperson Lindsay…

struck the US as a 600-mile wide putting Hurricane Ike in category 2, causing floods, damage to cities and hitting areas still damaged by Hurricane Gustav and 2005’s Rita. Before moving to Hispaniola, Cayman Islands, Mississippi, Florida Keys, Cuba, Louisiana, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominican Republic, Eastern Canada, Haiti and Great Lakes region, but not before reaching its highest peak a category 4 hurricane. “I am a storm chaser from Leicestershire, I travel the world chasing…

Lakewood Church, the Houston megachurch led by Pastor Joel Osteen, has opened its doors to more than 400 victims of Hurricane Harvey this week and started operating as a donation center after the nearby American Red Cross shelter had reached its limit. Speaking to The Christian Post on Aug. 30, Lakewood Church spokesperson Don Iloff announced that they are already housing around 400 people and are receiving relief items that will be distributed to shelters. The announcement comes after the…

In 2005 New Orleans experienced one of the toughest hurricanes in US history Hurricane Katrina. Memorial Medical Center personnel went several days without water, food, power, and limited or no medical supplies. . Temperatures were unbearable reaching 100 degrees. There were more than 200 patients some of which were on life support, ventilators, and oxygen all that operated electronically. Medical personnel had to operate bagged valve masks by hand when the Life support monitors drained the…