Natural Disasters Essays

IntroductionIn the history of United States, Hurricane Katrina was a seriously catastrophic tropical cyclone. It hit in the early morning on the Gulf Coast on August…

IntroductionThe Indian Ocean Tsunami occurred on December 26, 2004. It is believed that it had the power or energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. The magnitude…

Hurricane HarveyThe Hurricane Harvey is an extreme catastrophe of 2017, becoming the first major hurricane of a magnitude of winds greater than 110mph to hit the…

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was a major energy accident, which shook the world with the depth of its destruction to humans, property and the environment….

IntroductionThe study is about disaster management which is the utilization of resources and information to address the disastrous effect at the times of the disastrous events…

Technical escorts refer to activities done by highly specialized units or individuals designated only to special duties. These operations are required in events such as the…

DefinitionHurricanes are rampant in the tropical areas. They are strong tropical winds with low humidity famously known to be seen in the parts of Caribbean. The…

AbstractMan-made disasters are devastating outcomes from human activities which have far reaching negative impacts on the environment, human life, and the economy as well. These impacts…

IntroductionCommunity-based disaster preparedness has become a major point of focus for policy formulators of disaster preparedness, response, and management. The main focus of the community-based disaster…

IntroductionAt any single moment in the world, there are more than two thousand thunderstorms in progress, observes the National Severe Storms Laboratory. As many as 100,000…

Global warming refers to the general increase in the average temperatures of the earth and the oceans, causing permanent changes in climate (Philander, 2012). There has…