The Hurricane

United Nations Children’s Fund: Improving Health Conditions in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti as a Category 4 hurricane. Haiti is a country extremely susceptible to natural disasters, and Hurricane Matthew only added to its list. Roughly, there has a two percent decrease in Haiti’s GDP every year from 1975 to 2012 as a result of the damages from natural disasters. Hurricane Matthew slaughtered approximately five hundred and fifty people. Not…

Perseverance Through the Storm James G. Mackay tells readers of The New York Times about his experience during Hurricane Harvey, in order to praise the resiliency of humanity throughout the storm. By implementing his first-hand accounts of heart wrenching and uplifting stories from Harvey, Mackay is able to convince his audience that the devastation has propelled the affected community into a period of selfless cooperation between strangers and neighbors. Mackay establishes credibility by…

affected by hurricanes in the Gulf region. However, without the support of the government the company managed to build enough of these houses for the victims. Though, its exclusive retail The Lowe’s Katrina Cottage is where it’s located in providing the house plans and building materials. Furthermore, with this being an accomplishment of building greater than 3000 houses to resettle over ten thousand people. No commercial company had ever done this before in the world by all means…

This article is about how people could have caused hurricane Harvey to be much worse than what it could have been. Climate scientists suggest that global warming made a bad situation worse. When global warming occurs it realesed greenhouse gasses into the earth which makes more heat be trapped in our atmosphere which led to faster evaporation. Harvey was thriving on unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. As the storm came toward Houston waters near Texas rose to between 2.7 and 7.2 degrees…

others life changing. The life changing experiences have quite literally changed these people's lives. One of these many natural disasters had this effects on people… this was the 2011 tsunami in Japan. An earthquake in the area caused a hurricane to start. This hurricane quickly destroyed the cities in it’s way and killed 20,000 people in the process. The disaster had many effects on the people who were there firsthand during the traumatizing period of time. There are many effects on the people…

The beauty of the country is rendered by the mix-up of the high and lowland areas, rivers and lakes, including offshore islands. The Dominican Republic displays beautiful mountain ranges covered with forests, Pico Duarte being the highest mountain in the Caribbean and plains such as the Coastal Plain of Santo Domingo. Despite not having been blessed with natural lakes, The Yaque del Norte represents the longest river in here, crossing the most fertile area, The Cibao Valley. Turtles are the…

Cross has a huge problem with miscommunication. During the months of August and September 2005 it appeared as though the right hand didn’t know what the left hand was doing. Rightfully so, the American Red Cross was criticized on how they handled Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Thousands of dollars were contributed from citizens to aid those in need. According to an article dated 2013, it is important for the leadership of the American Red Cross to begin to study a variety of extreme situations…

women to fall victim to unhealthy lifestyles and, in the case of 60 per cent of Sri Lankan women, domestic violence (VW). Women are natural targets in times of natural disaster, and the effects of disaster on the genders are not equal. Examples from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that affected Sri Lanka confirm the vulnerable perspective of women and the need for gendered approaches to disaster relief efforts. Governments must take responsibility for gender…

outside of the Gulf Coast area, I remember where I was when Hurricane Ivan made landfall. From both…

to poverty. In New Orleans, African Americans suffer the most from poverty. New Orleans has a high rate of poverty because the city lacks education, it also lacks employment, and most importantly many people suffer from epidemic diseases. Before Hurricane Katrina happened in New Orleans, the city was characterized as having high levels of poverty and racial segregation. In a book called There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster, various percentages for poverty among…