Flood Essays

In contemporary business, Information Technology is of utmost significance. The majority of businesses are now linked through high-speed broadband networks and high-definition screens, making superfast computers essential for users. The failure of IT can result in significant losses for businesses, even in a matter of minutes. For instance, if the London stock exchange experiences an […]

Time Between Successive Heavy Storms Antecedent Rainfall Distribution Orientation and Movement of Heavy Storm Heavy Raincell Characteristics Synoptic Weather Conditions Associated with Heavy Rainstorms .. Temporal Rainfall Distribution Within Storms Spatial Distribution of Storm Rainfall Radar reflectivity, rainfall rate relationships from drop size spectra FCC table of frequency allocations, definitions, and footnotes . Rainfall sampling […]

Between 5000 and 2000 B.C.E, four specific geographical areas underwent rapid growth and transformation: the Nile in Egypt, the Indus River valley (currently Pakistan), Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (Iraq), and the Yellow River in China. These regions demonstrated advancements in agriculture, technology, state power development, and urbanization that were compared and contrasted. […]

Flood is a familiar event for the cities in the North Coast of Java, including Jakarta. Jakarta, which was built by Jan Pieters Z. Coen in the early 17th century with the concept of city water (waterfront city) is a city that is very familiar with the problems of flooding since the beginning of its […]

A heavy downpour caused a flash flood in Taman Perdana recently. Last week, there was a thunderstorm rained cats and dogs. The rain started in the morning and in three days continuously. The villagers have been worried about this rain.The water level in a nearby river rose to a dangerous level. Within a few minutes, […]

A flood happens when water spills over and inundates land that is usually not underwater. The European Union (EU) Floods Directive, also known as the ELI Floods Directive, provides a definition of a flood as the covering of land not typically submerged in water. It also includes the inflow of tidal waters within this definition. […]

During the Victorian era, there was significant transformation as a result of the industrial revolution. Urban areas rapidly expanded, causing an influx of rural residents seeking employment in factories and mills to escape impoverishment in the countryside. The disappearance of the countryside was a fast-paced development that caused writers like John Keats, Gerard Manley Hopkins, […]

Less economically developed countries (LEDCs) are countries whose economic growth and development are substantially below the standards of more economically developed countries (MEDCs), which are the world’s wealthiest countries with economies that have typically grown through industrialization. Due to differences in financial resources available, LEDCs are likely to approach issues such as river basin management […]

In the past, ‘natural hazard’ had a straightforward definition as it encompassed any occurrence triggered by natural phenomena like weather or geological shifts that led to human suffering via injury, loss of life or financial hardship. In earlier times, almost all disasters were perceived as being natural catastrophes such as floods, famine, hurricanes and earthquakes […]

The geographical, climatic and demographic conditions of India invites different types of natural catastrophes as one-year festivals, as a consequence our state has become one of catastrophe prone state of the Earth. Natural Disaster Management is progressively going a planetary issue, much like kid labor, terrorist act, international topographic point and human rights. Despite adult […]

The Sathyamurthy Sagar reservoir in Poondi had to release surplus water as it reached just a foot below full capacity. The heavy downpour caused an inflow of about 3,700 cusecs from surrounding catchment areas. Additionally, the dam received 570 cusecs from the Krishna Drinking Water Supply channel. To manage the excess water, both Tiruvallur District […]

Many renowned psychologists have created theories and opened flood gates of debate on the ever controversial topic of personalities. What is it? And where does it come from? Kurt Vonnegut The author of the short story who am I this time portrays his views on this subject through round characters which hold a symbolic role […]

In 1944, shortly after the Second World War, a flood of American films could be found in France. The critics noticed many recurrent images throughout these B-movies, which were smaller films shown before the main feature. The films became known as a genre: film noir. Film noir is French for ‘black films’. We tend to […]

Hydrological hazards are hazards associated with water which has the potential to cause loss of life and possessions whether the threat is direct e.g., death, or indirect threats such as loss of crops leading to famine, but it can be considered that the event is not a hazard if there are no influences on humans. […]

Introduction December 16, 2011. Typhoon Sendong devastated the Philippines with its power as it went straight through Northern Mindanao. Infrastructures were destroyed, lives were lost, and dreams were shattered. It was a catastrophe that shocked not only the country, but the whole world. Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, cities known to be rarely hit by […]

Flooding In Bangladesh Causes Of The Floods There are several physical reasons why Bangladesh suffers from flooding almost every summer; It has the perfect conditions for such as disaster- this is because : tropical cyclones from the Bay of Bengal bringing heavy rain and storm waves in late summer •70% of the land of the […]

In 1998, changing world attitudes on large dams led to a outwear World Commission on Dams and new global standards may soon insist that future projects pay fair compensation so that resettlement becomes voluntary. Now, 10 years after introduction of economic reforms, China is monopolizing its resources to build the world’s largest dam. This fulfils […]

The Municipality of Kabuki is currently planning the drainage and sewerage system. The population of Kabuki is about 320,000 and is expected to increase by 2.5% annually for the next decade, with a leveling off afterwards. A map in Annex 1 illustrates the current sewer areas A and B in Kabuki, as well as their […]

Discuss the view. “Soft engineering is a better river flood management strategy than hard engineering”. (1 5 marks) There are two predominant methods of flood management; hard and soft engineering. Soft engineering is the natural defense of management. They are cheaper to maintain than hard engineering strategies which is an essential advantage for LED countries […]

Margaret Atwood is a sensitive, lyrical, and a poetic writer. However, she expresses a dark visionary aspect when examining life in an epic form, worried about where the path that the society travels will lead the species. Just like the 2003’s Oryx and Cake, The Year of the Flood wanders around, not joined together, until […]

Gradually, the length of days decreases while evenings seem to stretch endlessly with dark hours. One can experience the sensation of refreshing, icy air against their face during the mornings along with intermittent rainy showers and chilly night frosts on some days. Whereas on other days, there is mild, tepid sunshine. The arrival of the […]

1-Drainage system- A drainage system is the pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. They are governed by the topography of the land, whether a particular region is dominated by hard or soft rocks, and the gradient of the land. 2-Drainage basin-A drainage basin is an extent or an […]