The Impact Of Natural Disasters In Oman

Yemen is a middle eastern country that is mostly a hot and arid desert, with some high mountainous areas. The Yemini population is predominantly Arab with Sunni and Shi’a Muslim religious beliefs. The country has a population of 26 million with a geographical size of 204,000 square miles. The country is situated between Oman and Saudi Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden. (nationsonline, n.d.) Yemen is a country whose roots date back tens of thousands of years. What was once a very powerful and prosperous country in it’s early years, is now a war torn political and economic disaster. Peace and stability, is nowhere in sight for this Arab nation, the political conflict and corruption has resulted in an

Background and Audience Relevance: According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2015, about thirty-five hundred people were killed, and four hundred thousand were injured in car crashes.

The year 2017 has seen a plethora of deadly disasters. Disasters, natural or man-made, are extremely disturbing events that cause hardship, suffering, injury, and death. A disaster can be detrimental to human societies and their way of life. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, mudslides, and wild fires can cause everlasting changes to humanity, biomes, and the planet. Likewise, man-made events, such as war, terrorist attacks, or toxic spills can be just as damaging. One job of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) is to insure that humanitarian aid is provided to relieve the pain and suffering caused by all types of disasters. In addition, saving lives by utilizing our resources is the main goal of the UN. Norman Borlag once stated, “The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.” Therefore, the issues that will be addressed using the $50,000,000 plus anonymous contribution will involve providing humanitarian aid to disaster torn areas in order improve the standard of living and preserve human dignity. This is the most important dilemma facing the international community today.

Car crashes are one of the leading causes for death in many countries all around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “About 1.24 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes.” This number is increasing rapidly and the WHO predicts it will reach 1.9 million deaths annually by 2020. To put that into perspective, that is almost like the entire population of Latvia dieing out over the course of a year because of car crashes. Speeding and driving under the influence (DUI) are two other prominent reasons for road traffic collisions. It would be close to impossible to stop all crashes, so the best thing we can do now is to do what we can in order to protect the people facing these tragic occurrences.

Many people lose their lives or loved ones in accidents involving cars and other types vehicles like semi trucks, farm equipment, construction vehicles, and motorcycles. People are involved in car accidents due to reasons such as distracted driving, drunk driving, inability to drive, driving in an unsafe vehicle. Many of the accidents can be can be prevented. There are many precautions that can be taken to decrease the amount of people hurt in these accidents. Options range from enforcing harsher laws for vehicular accident or simply making the car itself safer, and making it mandatory that vehicles are safer. As well as new laws that could created. There are many small things that people can do to become a better driver and cause less accidents.

Natural Disasters happen all around the world. They are not limited to one specific country or climate. There are many types of Natural Hazards/Disasters and the world has seen on many occasions just how devastating and powerful they can be. With each natural disaster it doesn’t only affect the planet and environment but the people. We lose lives, homes, animals, even everything sometimes. Earthquakes happens when the earth releases energy and the tectonic plates rub against each other and shift. Hurricanes , typhoons, occur when a really large storm swirls in circles. “You'll see the cloud of the storm turning in a spiral, touch down on the ground, and then reach toward the sky. When the storm reaches a wind speed of over 74 miles per hour, it gets classified as a hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone depending on where the storm is located.” This is how hurricanes and typhoon disasters occur. There is many other forms of coaster but these are

There is viable information on motor vehicle collisions. Most of the information based on past fatalities and injuries rated to fatal car crashes, contributing factors, trend analysis, the comparison of collisions in the State of Minnesota urban and rural roads and highways, the roads and highways safety inspection and mitigation plans. The literature points out the potential challenges in the field of emergency management on the motor vehicle collisions in the United States. Incorporate

The primary research method for this study is qualitative. First, this study will focus on the common causes of fatal motor vehicle collisions and corrective actions in interviews with state and local highway transportation department (Zwerling et al, 2009). Second, the study will indicate the number of fatal accidents occurred with the last two year (Vock, 2013). There will be questionnaire with a choice of answers, data comparable to rural vs urban collisions, how the past occurrences were addressed and future planning to mitigate car accidents in their community. The questionnaire will also include the projects in process. The questionnaire is based on the fatality analysis reporting system statistics from the National Highway Transportation

The facts are astounding and horrific. According to the Association for Safe and International Travel, nearly 1.3 million individuals are killed in road related crashes each year. This accounts for 3,287 deaths each day. Among the statistics, is the fact, that car related accidents are the leading cause of death among young adults ages 15 through 29. It is also the second leading cause of death worldwide among young people ages 5 through 14. Unless action is taken, car related deaths are expected to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.

Motor vehicle travel remains the foremost mode of transportation not only in the United States, but in all countries, which provides a great degree of flexibility. However, for all its advantages, injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of death for individuals under the age of 27. As many have witnessed, accidents can arise at any time and occur about every 60 seconds. When operating motor vehicles a person increases the probability of triggering an accident or being involved in one, with that in mind, the worst outcome can take place. Fatalities are a reality and the worst aftermath of an accident, as well as, the most devastating. Fatalities on the highway occur about every 16 minutes, according to

“Approximately 25 million people live in an area vulnerable to coastal flooding” (Environmental Protection Agency). The coastal activities generate 58% of the national gross domestic product. Activities that are involved are marine transportation, fish cultivation, tourism and recreation. The coastal area hold species and habitats that are essential to the ecosystem and society. The climate change affects the storm surge and precipitation, water temperature and coral reefs and shellfish.

Hazards on the road today may include everything from poor weather to drivers under the influence, novices behind the wheel, those who are tired, speeding, failing to signal, and generally negligent. And even though more and more attention is being given in the media to what we need to do to stay safe on the roads, the numbers of crashes have been escalating, resulting

Floods have been and continue to be the most frequent, destructive, and costly natural hazard

Due to diverse geo-climatic conditions prevalent in different parts of the globe, different types of natural disasters like floods, droughts, earthquakes, cyclones, landslides, and volcanoes etc may strike according to the vulnerability of the area.

Given Malaysia's geographical location, most floods that occur are a natural result of cyclical monsoons during the local tropical wet season that are characterised by heavy and regular rainfall from roughly October to March. Inadequate drainage in many urban areas also enhance the effects of heavy rain, though efforts are underway to resolve this. Floods are regular natural disasters in Malaysia which happen nearly every year during the monsoon season the latest serious hit was in the east coast during end of 2014 and early 2015.With up to 200,000 peoples affected and 21 killed, it was described as the worst flood in decades. It also took more than a year for flood victims in certain states to recover and return to their normal lives. The geographical location of Malaysia makes it experience two monsoon seasons, the Southwest Monsoon and Northeast Monsoon. The monsoons bring more rain resulting in regular floods every year. Although flash flood only happens for a short amount of time, the damage done is very significant, there have already been three events of flash flood within the month. It happened in Klang, Shah Alam, and Teluk Bahang.