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On the night of August 25th 2016, a tragedy hit the towns of Connellsville and Bullskin. A flood, a devistating flood, ripped through the neighboorhoods and highways like there was no tomorrow. At my house in Connellsvile Township, the flood waters rose in an instant. It felt like a normal storm at first, but once the tornado warnings started showing up around us, it was serious. The wind and rain became heavier, and my anxiety started taking over. As my family was in the basement preparing for…

Analysis (2-3 paragraphs)- Black Saturday (Victoria 2009) One of the worst and most recent natural disasters ever recorded in Australia was Black Saturday which happened in Victoria on the 7th of February 2009. Temperatures reached a high of 48.8 °C and wind speeds were up to 110 kilometres. - Cause The cause of this fire is due to many different things, but for all fires to start in the first place it needs materials that can burn like dried out leaves fuel), a source of ignition (heat)…

Flood insurance is separate from homeowner's insurance Homeowners assume purchasing homeowner's insurance covers the home from ALL natural disasters, including floods. It isn't so. Flood insurance is a separate policy. It is the homeowner's responsibility to research and ask insurance agents about these separate policies. Flood insurance coverage isn't hard to find in the policy. Read your policy. If flood coverage is not there, revise the policy with the home insurance provider to include…

The connections of the fascia boards to the pile caps were severely overstressed during the hurricane. Most of these connections in the entire pavilion area experienced failure of the wood, usually resulting in splitting of the wood (see Figure 8). Further inspection revealed that shimming was used heavily during the construction of the pier to maintain a flat deck surface. This raised the fascia boards up and greatly decreased strength of the connection to resist uplift. These geometric…

create several landfalls within the affected area. The wind was moving in a pattern causing a storm surge toward the city like a high tide. Due to poor construction, the floodwall broke the flood wall and levee and like a tsunami, the water flooded New Orleans. The second and third flood walls also collapsed and result in more than eighty percent of the city in water and thousands of people were banished. The levees and flood water failure led…

activity, it is difficult to see any native landscape along the shoreline. It’s picturesque view is surrounded by many introduced species to replace those that have been cultivated during the construction of Elizabeth Quay. Currently, the construction of new hotels and residential apartment towers are being developed. The project is estimated to contribute a cumulative $637 million to gross State product by 2025-26.…

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…

The New Orleans is a Louisiana city beside the Mississippi River, near the Gulf of Mexico. The Nickname for New Orleans is Big Easy. New Orleans is named after the Duke of Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723. Beginning of the Morrison's administration, and for the entirety of Schiro's, the city was a center of the Civil Rights Movement. In 2005 New Orleans was catastrophically hit by the Hurricane Katrina like other places of USA. In this sad event more than 1,500…

float onto the roads (Green et al. 2007), with more structures requiring demolition due to damage. It was the Ninth Ward district that also experienced the greatest loss of life due to the failures of the levees. Before Katrina, the Ninth Ward in New Orleans was a low to moderate-income African-American residential neighbourhood. Therefore, the neighbourhood was disproportionately impacted by Katrina as it had a large population of poor, elderly and disabled groups who were unable to evacuate…

the Atchafalaya River framework, were worked to straightforwardness flooding issues along the banks. These control structures prompted an emotional abatement in the sedimentary burden which achieved the mouth of the stream and framed the premise of new beach front…