Storms River

coastline, 11 000 beaches and thousands of coastal landforms. Approximately 85% of Australia’s population live within 50 km of the coast. The coast is where the ocean meets the land and the coastal zone comprises of many different environments including rivers, bays, wetlands, beaches, coral reefs, estuaries and the continental shelf. Due to rapid urbanisation and development and other human and physical processes such as erosion Australia’s coastline, especially over the last 200 years, has been greatly

done so. The storm formed on July 10th, 2005 in the centre of the Atlantic Ocean. It then passed over the Windward Islands on the 14th, before traveling west-northwest and slowly intensified over the Caribbean until it hit its peak as a Category 5 hurricane on July 16th. This made it the first category 5 hurricane of the year. The storm travelled over the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 4, and Emily hit the Gulf of Mexico and Tamaupullas in the next few days. On July 20th, the storm dissipated within

expression changed in thought. Her teachers, who often claimed she was quiet and maybe too thoughtful, would have easily recognised the look. All that was on the radio was news about the coming storm. The weatherman sounded scared. “The sudden change in Hurricane Ike’s direction has caught everyone off guard and the storm is heading directly towards Houston, all residents are advised to take shelter as there is no time for evacuation. Ike is gaining strength from the Gulf and is predicted to hit Houston as

I. Primary Mission Essential Functions • General training: Make sure employees know how to act/respond in all kinds of emergencies. Make sure employees have had practice applying the training they learned. • Research and development: Make sure company has research teams that look for iron or other materials and develop the best possible product for clients to purchase. • Hazmat: Make sure company has a hazmat team or access to hazmat team that can clean up a hazardous spill in a safe and productive

affects the human body A thunderstorm is only considered a thunderstorm when lightning is present. These storms can play an important role in physical pain and mental suffering. Lightning is made from cold air and warm air inside a cloud that meets. The warm air has water droplets that goes to the top of the cloud and the cold air has ice crystals goes to the bottom of the cloud. When a storm forms the droplets and crystals hit each other and it separates the air and the two parts hitting each other

Summary As the Great Depression continued to tighten its grip on America, nature turned against many already suffering Americans. The Dusty Bowl, also know as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damages the ecology and agricultural production of the United States and Canadian plains. Many farmers and ranchers were driven to the Great Plains by the American sense of expansion. The land they inhabited was used primarily for ranching till advances in agricultural mechanization

barking as if to scare away the storm while the cats were inside hiding from the rain. There were no cars insights as if the people were under lockdown. The people were inside trying to keep the heat out and the ac running cold, while it rained. The ditches were trying to get rid of all the water they could. The ditches soon could not it no more so it started to flood and the people were at their windows frightened by what was happening; many had never seen a storm as relentless as this before.

environmental and economic impacts that is cause and how the disaster was managed. The report will make recommendations for the future management of blizzards. 1.2 Background A blizzard is a type of atmospheric hazard and is a long-lasting snow storm with intense snowfall and strong winds. For a blizzard to form, warm air rising and moister is needed to create clouds for precipitation to occur. As wind moves across a body of water (ocean, lake), some of the water evaporates, putting water vapour

This amount of energy is enough to power more or less a hundred million light bulbs! This spectacular phenomenon is called the “Catatumbo Lightning”. Originating from a mass of storm clouds at a height of more than 1 kilometer above, lightning, strikes on this specific spot, typically over a bog area where Catatumbo River empties into Lake Maracaibo in the

summer. The Wild River is the only tributary to have its highest discharge for the period of record to take place in the 2010 water year; the remaining tributaries had their highest discharge for the period of record take place in other water years: 2004 water year for the Nezinscot River and 2011 water year for the Little Androscoggin River and Ellis River. All four tributaries had their lowest discharge for the period of record to take place in the 2002 water year. The Wild River had an average