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    somewhere around 6,000 and 12,000. With regards to the death toll, this has been established to be the worst hurricane in the America. The cost of damage the was made to the island, ranges from “$17 to $30 million, or in current terms, $827,094,622”. The tropical storm wrecked 4,000, or 66%, of the city's structures, homes, workplaces, and places of worship. Not even one building sustained its structure, they were all ruined by this horrific storm. One side of the three-story Bath Avenue School…

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    Deforestation Globally

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    The Impact of Deforestation Globally Deforestation has many impacts globally. Trees and their products are used in everyday life and are key for human survival. While deforestation is caused by obvious reasons, like the need for land for industrial development and the demand for the products that these trees produce, there are many large-scale problems that are caused from deforestation that need to be stopped. Deforestation is a global problem that not only affects the trees, but also…

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    Imagine this, a world without trees or wildlife, all caused by careless humans. Deforestation is a mass clearing of trees, used for rural and urban purposes. However, it is harmful to the ecosystem and wildlife that take shelter in the forests. Although many believe that deforestation is essential to the economy, it should be illegal because it affects biodiversity, climate change, and the water cycle. Deforestation may be believed to be helpful to the economy and essential to the way humans…

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    causes, treatments, prevention, and cures for chronic illnesses (Sattenspiel, 2000). This belief can be justified in Western Europe and the United States, but it was certainly not warranted for most parts of the globe. In contemporary history, the tropical regions have faced the scourge of infectious diseases than the temperate world. The thrive for these infectious diseases in the tropics is attributable to high levels of biodiversity in hosts, vectors, and pathogens which are encouraged by…

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    As “the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history,” Hurricane Katrina wracked New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast region during and after 2005 and is virtually without parallel in recent U.S. history. The tremendous storm surge after the hurricane paralyzed the city of New Orleans because not only the city’s natural geographic features made it vulnerable to flooding, but also the built protective system failed and worsened the impact of flooding. The flooding ensued after…

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    The victims of Katrina Hurricane Katrina being one of the most deadliest and catastrophic hurricanes in the United States left the city of New Orleans devastated and in a disastrous state. As the weather continued to get worse, the fellow citizens were notified. With each day passing the worse the weather got and eventually became a hurricane. First being a rank one then two and so on, with this warning many citizens departed the city and others thought “C’mon, c’mon. Nothing is going to…

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    on the barometric pressure (879 millibars), the speed it changed from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane (24 hours), and the faster sustainable winds (200 mph). Hurricane Patricia starting forming in the Pacific, but didn’t hit anybody’s radar until it started to form a tropical storm in the Gulf of Tehuantepec which is in the Pacific Ocean west of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The storm then quickly went from a tropical storm to a Category Five Hurricane. The increase in the…

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    In the story “Surviving the Tsunami” it explains how the Tsunami changed many lives. This story tells of a school fighting to survive the disaster. It also tells about how three teenagers survived and saved. This story also tells about the teenagers future and how the city will educate children about tsunamis and other natural disasters. The article tells how it changed many lives and that the natural disaster took many lives as well. The effects the tsunami had on many people was that many…

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    “Most hurricanes rage harmlessly in the sea”(Hurricane-Facts.com). Some hurricanes hit in the sea and some do not. Hurricanes use the warm ocean water as fuel. They bring devastation everywhere they go(Hurricane-Facts.com). There are 5 types of hurricanes and when formed, they can leave a path of destruction. “Hurricanes only form over really warm ocean water of 80 degrees or warmer”(WeatherWizKidz.com). Hurricanes use warm, moist air as fuel. The warm, moist air over the ocean rises…

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    The Hurricane of 1938 The hurricane of 1938 was one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever impact the north east coast. The storm had many amazing features like how powerful it was, the damage it caused and how it impacted the land and people lives. The Hurricane of 1938 was very powerful in many different ways. Source 2 states that the hurricane started by the coast of Africa and by the time it reached the U.S it had winds of over 155 miles per hour and was over 500 miles wide. Source 1 mentions…

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