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    Introduction Natural disasters will always cause damage to the infrastructures and public health of the affected communities. Low income countries are the most vulnerable because of a lack of preparation for coping with the displaced population. Displaced populations of vulnerable areas are often subjected to poor sanitation and hygiene practices and inaccessible clean water, both as effects of crowding and being in an unfamiliar environment. It is the primary cause of communicable diseases following

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    INTRODUCTION: A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. In contemporary academia, disaster is seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. Disaster Management (or Emergency management) is the effort of communities or business to plan for and coordinate all personnel

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    Throughout the worlds history, there have been many natural disasters and attacks by individuals or groups, which have done extensive damage to cities, forests, and families within societies communities. The question that remains is, are there systems in place to effectively handle situations accordingly? In Canada, there is a model in place called the Incident Command System, (ICS). According to I.C., (2012), “An incident is an occurrence, either caused by humans or natural phenomena that requires

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    Natural disasters come in many forms such as earthquakes, tornados, floods, blizzards, fires, and volcanic eruptions, just to name a few. Anyhow, Natural disasters occur everywhere around the world every single day, if they are small or large. Natural disasters events have been a topic that has affected many countries through the years. Even though many disasters aren’t subjected to one area it is common that the worst natural disaster in the United States, occur more often in the coastal areas like

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    Topic: Chernobyl General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 Thesis: Today we will discuss Chernobyl disaster of April 1986, look at the details which led up, what happened during the accident and the aftermath Introduction: 1. (Attention grabber) I am walking in, all dressed up as Chernobyl liquidator and yell evacuate the city. 2. (Relevancy)After spending most of my life in the Ukraine, and learning about my country’s history as a

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    On April 26th, 1986, at 1:23 A.M., the world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred. It has affected millions of people in Eastern Europe, and it has caused more than 360,000 people to evacuate their homes and leave their belongings behind. It has also set a dangerous precedent to the safety and operating procedures of other nuclear power plants around the world. Thirty years later, people in Eastern Europe are still feeling the effects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The causes, the effects

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    possibility of a large disaster occurring. All three disasters affected mostly people who were not directly involved with the blast. People had to be compensated for the drastic change in their lives, however, similarly in all cases, that was not enough. People still struggled to return back to everyday life as the conditions were no longer the same and various negative factors kept playing a constant role in helping them move backward. Fortunately, though, all three disasters were cleaned up to a

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    their response to a natural disaster illustrates how sometimes Risk Management processes are not enough to save an organisation from unforeseen adversities. The disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is the second worst nuclear accident in history (Qiang, Xi, Xu, Chong 2013). Even though arguably it could have been avoided, it led to a near universal loss of faith in nuclear energy. On the other hand, the contrasting success of Western Digital in recovering from the worst disaster in its operational history

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    This was the fourth strongest earthquake to hit in recent years with a magnitude of 9.1 (“Damage Station Police” ). However, this was not the only disaster to have struck Japan, the combination of the earthquake and tsunami led to the meltdown of a power plant in, Tōhoku region, Japan. This event became known as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Nuclear meltdowns has contributed harm to many environments by radioactive leaks, soil contamination, and radiation exposure. 200 miles away from

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    However, sometimes the scale of these mistakes can be excessive, and attempting to cover them up can even endanger millions. Such a cover up, was the scenario induced by the Soviet government, while trying to withhold information concerning a nuclear disaster. The catastrophic mishap, took place on April 26, 1986, when a nuclear reactor exploded in modern day Ukraine. A maintenance test error resulted in an explosion in Unit 4 Furthermore, futile attempts trying to subdue the damage actually caused

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