Flood In South Carolina

“There are natural hazards, but disasters are the result of human actions that put people and property in harm’s way” (Cigler 2007: 64). Throughout history New Orleans has been continuously altered by the presence of humans through the creation of levees and canals, the introduction of artificial irrigation systems, and through human induced processes that have ultimately accelerated the process of land degradation and erosion. While a natural hazard struck New Orleans in 2005, the disaster portion resulting from Hurricane Katrina was a result of human induced interactions throughout the history of New Orleans.

Thesis: You can simply help out the flood victims by donating monetary funds to reputable organizations, volunteering to provide help to the affected area and donating unused items and blood to organizations such as Red Cross and The Salvation Army. I will also mention the pros and cons of each type of method so that you can pick the method that best fits

A flood can be defined in many depths but is simply water where it isn’t wanted. In late 2010 Queensland was affected by major flash flooding this continued on into the beginning of 2011 and ¾ of Queensland was declared a disaster zone.

The Pueblo Flood, something that anyone who is a native of Colorado has heard about before. When thinking about the flood, it has always been assumed at least for myself that was something that took place and not much thought was given to it until this became the topic of choice for this paper. The Pueblo flood occurred on the Evening of June 5, 1921. The flood that changed the town of Pueblo forever and is still even to this day the deadliest flood in Colorado’s History. However, what is not well known is the fact that there was not one flood but three, the devastation that overtook the town was monumental. The firsthand accounts were heartbreaking, the experience of learning about the flood has truly changed my view and outlook on water tremendously.

After Hurricane Matthew lost its strength it took its high winds and rains with it. However, it left behind water that had fallen during its trip up the southeastern coast. Particularly in North Carolina, the storm has continued to threaten lives as floodwaters rose. More than two-dozen people have died as a result of the storm. In North Carolina, the hurricane killed only more half of the deaths the U.S. experienced. “The crisis is far from over. In some cases, the floodwaters aren’t expected to crest until Friday” (Domonoske, 2016 pg. 2)

There have been thirteen confirmed deaths resulting from the flooding, and possibly even more were

It is difficult to even imaging how serious hurricanes can be. “Category 5 hurricanes are the strongest storms. Winds howl at more than 155mph.” (33) “They can be more than 300 miles from one side to another.” (6) In this nonfiction book, Wood begins with a description of Hurricane Katrina. He describes how it was one the worst storms in U.S. history. It devastated the Gulf coast with 140 mph winds ripping apart buildings and tearing down power lines. The main damage to New Orleans was due to big holes breaking through the levee and Lake Pontchartrain’s water flooding the city. Some areas were 20 feet deep, which left people stranded on their roofs for days before help arrived.

The intent of this paper will be to analyze and summarize scholarly case studies and news articles concerning the flooding caused when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana in 2005. Additionally, this paper will provide recommendations for how to prevent events of this magnitude from occurring or offer suggestions to mitigate the effects of flooding through providing government aid at the local, state or federal level. To accomplish this, examples and evidence

Hurricane Katrina was considered as one of the worst hurricanes ever recorded in the history of the United States. It was the sixth strongest Atlantic hurricane ever and the third strongest on record that had reached the United States. According to Brinkley (2006), “Katrina was the eleventh tropical storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.” The hurricane occurred on August 29th, 2005, and had a massive physical impact on the land and to the residents of New Orleans City (Galea & Brewin, 2007). Before the hurricane, there was massive destruction of the wetlands beside construction of canals and these increased the erosion rates in the lands. After the floods, much of the city’s water was contaminated leading to the loss of the aquatic lives and indigenous plants.

After all the destruction, around 600,000 people were left homeless, and jobless. The government did not immediately help anyone regain their homes or get their normal life back. Eventually they did, but it took a year or so until they decided this event was truly devastating. The levee’s to the river were rebuilt, but broke again and created a new flood in 1993. Even though the Mississippi River flood of 1993 was terrible, it was no match for the one in 1927.

Page 8: I remember there was a terrible flood in Mississippi in the year of 1927 that left 1.5 million people homeless. There were also over 120,000 homes destroyed.

Three readings in this week are all about the water issues and human intentional control activities in the region of the Mississippi Delta. In 'The Scale of Nature: Modeling the Mississippi River', the author begins from the problem of sea level rise in the Ohio River. People attempt to prevent the flood problem with the Flood Control Act of 1928. However, the engineers didn't misunderstand the river as a single, simple threat. Then, as the Flood Control Act of 1936 was passed, an engineer named Reybold comes up with a large scale physical model, which was built by lots of German and Italian POWs in the area of undeveloped land in Clinton. This model is a replica of the Mississippi Basin, which allowed engineers to observe and predict the effects of weather and climate on the river and proposed control method. As a result, this model makes the Mississippi River Basin become "a manageable site".

Flooding is a natural cause that happens when too much rain water overflows rivers and marshes, but floods become a problem when they affect people who live around the area. This is what causes it to be a natural disaster. In this paper, I am going to talk first about the flooding in Somerset, UK. Second, I am going to talk about the flooding of the Mississippi in 1993. Finally, I will conclude with how both of these floods could have been prevented and how they could help prevent a flood in the future, along with my own opinion of what I have learned.

The hurricane Harvey caused destructions on various cities such as Windward Islands, Suriname, Guyana, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Yucatan Peninsula, United States particularly Texas and Louisiana. Life-threatening overflows are at the moment flooding Houston, Texas, United States fourth-largest metro region. Roads got impassable. Thousands of populaces were rescued from the homes that were flooding. Twelve thousand members of the National Guard were deployed and individuals from outside volunteered their boats for the rescue. Over thirty thousand populaces require temporary accommodation and four hundred and fifty thousand people were to seek a federal disaster aid. The people were evacuated from the flooded homes. The storm led at least

All over the world natural disasters are happening. Is special in its own way some just destroy property others kill on a wide scale and others just make life hard. In this article we are comparing and contrasting two natural disasters a flood in San Jose and a mudslide in Mocoa Colombia.