The Year of the Flood

Floods and hurricanes occur every year, the consequence? Hundreds of people die and building and houses get destroyed. Then why do people still live in flood zones? There are several reasons why, one being that people enjoy the coastal view, people just want to live near their families, or because of houses in flood zones are cheaper. After a person does buy a house inside a flood zone, he/she would have to buy flood insurance, but they aren't just paying the full price themselves. Other peoples'

Brisbane is located in South-East Queensland and is the third largest city in Australia. In the past, Brisbane has had many catastrophic floods in the past including the great flood of 1893 and 1974. The subtropical climate in Brisbane is mostly effected by El Niño and La Niña. El Niño and La Niña is perhaps one of the strongest influence on the year to year climate to Australia. Together, La Niña (cool) and El Niño (warm) create the phases of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation that can be recognised

The follow on program to the Standard Flood Project was instituted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency when they established the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP.) The NFIP effectively reset the assessment for high risk areas to every 100 years vice 500 years. Severe floods in the United States between 1993 and 2006 resulted in further changes to how the government approaches floodplain management

According to “Floods: Information and Facts,” floods are “among Earth's most common-and most destructive–natural hazards.” Floods are a deadly natural disaster that are most commonly caused by excessive rain, cause destruction to buildings, which can be fatal, and include catastrophic events such as the August 1931 flood of China, which killed nearly 4 million people. Floods are the most common and dangerous kind of natural disaster. They can be caused by many things, including natural and man-caused

Arizona with its desert landscape and mountainous topography experiences rain and more importantly floods from time to time. Just because I live in Arizona doesn’t mean we Arizonians are exempt from witnessing such natural disasters. We have several rivers, such as the Colorado, Salt, Gila and Verde rivers, and many creeks that run though our state that are extremely susceptible to flooding that may cause significant property damage and loss of life (Arizona's geologic hazard center, 2015). Arizona

According to the map above, category 1 is more at risk for flooding, then eventually the flood would flow over to category 2 (St. Johns County GIS Department, n.d.). When hurricanes rise above the levees, rapid rainfall occurs, or even clogged up or outdated drains can all lead to flooding (National Flood Insurance, 2015a). As dams get older, they become weaker and more unstable, which makes them a flood threat (NFIP, 2015b). In 2010, Guana dam in St. Augustine has just reopened, after being closed

by a flood. There may be coverage limits in any of the HO plans  that affect the amount you can recover per claim, too. For example, theft, vehicle damage or vandalism may be limited to $1000 per claim. It is very important to check exclusions and limitations carefully before buying or recommending an insurance policy. Now, let's talk about flood insurance and whether you should invest in a rider or flood policy.  You probably noticed that none of the policies above specifically cover flood and water

namely river flooding, and coastal flooding from storm surges in the Bay of Bengal. The majority of the country’s 162 million population live on the flood plains of the Rivers Ganges and Brahmaputra. The floods actually help the farmers by depositing fertile silt and this enables them to grow rice, sugar, jute and other crops. However, when the floods are too intense, the inundation destroys lives, crops and animals. Bangladesh is predominantly an agricultural country together with livestock, poultry

gods agreed to exterminate mankind.” (“Epic of Gilgamesh” 146). This quote describing an extreme punishment is an excerpt of a 4,000 year old epic, describing a story about a god-like man journeying in the search of immortality who learns of a flood that nearly eliminates mankind (Introduction 136). Similar to the “Epic of Gilgamesh” flood narratives, “Noah and the Flood” depicts a faithful believer who is advised to create a boat harboring those faithful to God. By examining the heroes’ characteristics

When I say this I mean that there are floods in Mississippi. The start of the states floods were in 1879. When the recent floods that happened in Mississippi that year they built the Mississippi commission that held up the levees that by year 1882 the levees were up to 7 feet high in the air. Later in the years there was no floods until the greatest flood yet to Mississippi “the great Mississippi flood”. This devising flood broke through the levees and destroyed many homes causing