Disaster

The sight that greeted my eyes was haunting. There were dead bodies as far as the eye could see, but somehow nobody had a scratch on them. The plane was in pieces, scattered all around. As the waves rolled up the beach, more and more bodies were revealed. The sun was burning high in the…

Last November 8, thousands of lives were shaken and even lost when the Typhoon Haiyan (aka Typhoon Yolanda) hit the Philippines. This was said to be one of the world’s most powerful typhoons that ever struck the world. Nobody couldn’t imagine nor think of how destructive it is until it happened. The typhoon hit our…

            Heinrich von Kleist’s “The Earthquake in Chile” presented a number of ideas and concepts embedded within the story of star-crossed lovers Jeronimo Rugera and Josephe Asteron. By and large, it was a representation of many themes in one story such that the major ideas of providence, then social injustice and disintegration, and the hope…

The 1999 Izmit Earthquake Disaster Report, TurkeyIntroductionIn the year 1999, turkey was hit by a serious earthquake known as the Kocaeli. The Mw 7. 4 earthquake is one of the world’s largest and best studied earth’s horizontal movement (strike slip faults). The earthquake occurred on the east west fault of north Anatolian which is similar…

The 2001 Gujarat earthquake occurred on January 26, 2001, at 03:17 UTC, and coincided with the 51st celebration of India’s Republic Day. The location of the epicenter was Bhuj (23. 6° N 69. 8° E) Gujarat, India. With a moment magnitude (Mw) of between 7. 6 and 8. 1, the quake killed more than 20,000…

On the 17th of January 1995, a great earthquake struck the Japanese city of Kobe at 5:40 am. Over 80% of the quake victims died together with Mrs Endo, her husband, however, did not! There are numerous reasons why, the aim of this essay is to explain them to you. The earthquake started due to…

Our environment has been suffering from many problems that have plaguedearth for years. These problems cannot be ignored or it might havecatastrophic results on our environment. Acid rain is a wide spread termused to describe all forms of acid precipitation, rain snow and dust. Acidrain is a serious problem with disastrous effects and this problem…

On July 28, 1976, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake (other sources estimate the magnitude as high as 8.2-8.3 on the Richter scale) occurred in the People’s Republic of China, with the epicenter near Tangshan, the Hebei Province. The earthquake struck at 3:42 a.m. and lasted for 10-14 seconds resulting in an extensive 6-mile-long fault in the…

In a world full of disasters, it is of vital importance that community members know when and how to respond when disaster strikes.  Tornadoes can happen anytime, anyplace, and can affect many or none.  Planning and preparation for tornadoes or disasters of any sort are two keys items for successful disasters. This paper will explore…

If you’re wondering about how typhoons and hurricanes are formed, what are some of the strongest and deadliest typhoons and hurricanes in the world, then consider reading this article. In a few minutes, were going to look at the general and essential things you need to know about typhoons and hurricanes. Specifically, this article contains…