Flood impacts would be decreased by Expanding flood monitoring, improving mitigation measures, and effective communication amongst civil authorities and vulnerable populations. The following are the sample cases of community preparedness and response capacity to disaster in Asian countries. 3.7.1 Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of flood prone countries and it is frequently hit by devastating cyclones, shocking flood and crippling droughts. Bangladesh has intricate river system with three major rivers- the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghana and it gives the country as a water resource. On the other hand, country is prone to flood disaster almost every year with wide variation in magnitude and intensity. Flood has been top severe disaster in Bangladesh with disastrous impacts to environment and socio-economic mostly. Notwithstanding the fact that floods pose socioeconomic misery which devastate to the environment, impact to health and infrastructure, people’s indigenous coping strategies have helped local people to reduce their existing vulnerabilities to some extent. However, those strategies are exceedingly successful only in a normal riverine flood situation. Once flood waters reach the critical level, local people have no other choice except going to safer place. Apart from that critical situation, local people are getting benefits from flood water and they are living with the flood in fact. There are different coping strategies people are adopting to protect their lives and livelihoods in flood prone area. For the flood early warning, they have their own practices for prediction to flood hazard. Most of the local people anticipate flood hazard based on observing movement of water on rivers and they are following traditio... ... middle of paper ... ...he environment and socio-economic of the people in Thailand. Despite in fact that Thailand have been facing flood disaster severely, it has strengthened institutions to manage flood water such as Royal Irrigation Department, Department of Disaster Prevention and Management and Department of Meteorology and Hydrology are taking care of holistic approach to disaster management. On the other hand local people at community level are resilient to flood disaster through proper coping and adaptation. The people in the community level are adaptable to flood situation. The people fight with the flood for surviving at an acceptable risk level and this teaches them to become more resilient to flood hazards during flood. Moreover local communities are welcome to flood as it helps for their agricultural land more fertile and they can have alternative livelihood such as fishing
Floods can be a very dangerous natural disaster because a flood has the power to move cars, buildings, and cause massive damage to life and property. Even the small floods that are only 30 centimetres or so can do massive damage to houses and if the
A major flood on any river is both a long-term and a short-term event, particularly any river basin where human influence has exerted "control" over the ri...
and while they may generate a lot of rainfall in a short time it is
The purpose of this visit was to initiate therapy to resolve the cycle of conflict between the child and mother. My client is very hyper and instigates conflict with her mother. Because of her low self esteem she does not want to attend school so she is excessively absent. She hits and kicks her mom when she tries to wake her u...
Floods of 1998 in Bangladesh and Shrewsbury Causes, Effects and responses to flooding In Shrewsbury The Severn Valley floods, Shrewsbury, UK 1998: Causes = == == = The human causes of the floods were summed up by the then Shadow Countryside Minister Tim Yeo MP, he said 'the flooding had increased because of the housing developments on Greenfield sites.'
silent entrance, so as not to disturb the child, scares the mother violently and she
In a situation where a single parent has just come home from a long, stressful day at work. The child ask for some dinner, and starts to whine when the parent exclaims he doesn’t have any. The parent gets agitated and loses it:
People are faced with so many types of personal hardships it can sometimes be a little overwhelming. Protecting you and your family from financial losses or these hardships is important. Unfortunately, the worst hardships are the one that you might choose to ignore and are not expected. One of the biggest disasters a home owner or family can face may come from a flood. There are a few things that you can do to protect yourself and your family from the devastation of a flood.
Did you know that floods are rated the number one natural disaster, that have caused more deaths and damage in the world? To begin, a flood is an overflow of water that covers land that is naturally desiccated. Floods are natural disasters which can distress masses of individuals throughout the world. When water levels suddenly arise more than the ground level can observe a flood occurs. This natural disaster has the capability of destroying houses and buildings, in addition to being able to carry soil away from the valued agricultural properties.
In 1970, East Pakistan, about the size of Wisconsin, had a substantial population of 66 million, meaning that each square kilometer holds about 400 people (Disaster 174). It is located precisely where two large river systems, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, unite to form the biggest delta in the world, the Ganges River Delta. A delta is a triangular deposit of sediment at the mouth of a river, naturally where it diverges. The two rivers conduct silt from as far as the Himalayas to the floodplains of Bangladesh, which are about 1,200 miles apart. Being one of the world’s most fertile croplands, the floodplain is densely populated. Farmers are forced to move farther and farther out into the delta, triggering them to face the perilous monsoon season, which is from June to October. One third of East Pakistan is no more than twenty feet above sea level, maximizing the death toll of life-threatening storms (History 3). The a...
Soon, he caught the attention of a young pregnant woman who was standing in-front of the bookshelf and checking out the book of “New Parents Advice” with his husband. The women is around 30-35 years old, wore a low-heeled shoes with a big belly; while her husband showed people a mature feeling with his beard. And it is hard to tell how old is he. I can hear their conservation clearly since they were standing behind the bookshelf next to me. The couple was having a conservation about how to divide the work on taking care the upcoming baby in the future. Their conservation is full of love and with an air of expectancy. She always touched her belly gentlely and stretched the top of her head toward the ceiling while she was reading the book of with his husband. Their simile told me that she is so excited to meet their new born baby. However, her sentiment and emotion immediately affected by the disturbing atmosphere. The boy
Flooding has always been part of the natural environment of Thailand. Since historical times populations that live within the urban and rural floodplains have learned of ways to adapt and survive (Balancing 2). With the economic development of many areas within the floodplain regions over the later part of the last century many areas have become further susceptible to seasonal rains and flooding.
Isaak, Mark. "Flood Stories from Around the World." Flood Stories from Around the World. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
As a non-structural measure, flood forecasting (such as discharge, water level, or flow volume) is a crucial part of flow regulation and water resources management. Worldwide, flood disasters account for about one-third of all natural disasters in terms of number and economic losses (Berz 2000). As stated by Dutta and Herath (2004), out of the total number of flood events in the world during the past 30 years, 40% occurred in Asia and Southeast Asia countries stand for the second worst region in Asia. ASEAN Disaster Risk Management Initiative (2010) reported that a catastrophic 200-year flood (0.5 percent annual probability of exceedance) would have a major impact on the economies of the Southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, which are already fragile. The process of floods is basically complex, uncertain and unpredictable, due to its nonlinear dependency on meteorological and topographic parameters (Thirumalaiah and Deo 1998). While distributed hydrological modeling involves multidisciplinary and complex issues, simple, robust and sustainable approaches in flood forecasting system are needed, without much effort in continuous updating such models. For flood forecasting to be effective, it must provide flood warnings with a reasonable lead time. Furthermore, for real time operation, the authorities may require to access the gauges of significant predictors (Corani and Guariso 2005), thus saving considerable costs, a critical issue in developing countries.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss potential disasters that could affect a community and cause mass casualties. Further discussion will include who is responsible for the management preparedness, what barriers must be considered and finally this paper will discuss the health care facilities role in emergency supplies and care of the patient in a disaster situation. The Community Communities throughout the country and the world are susceptible to disasters. The environment and location of a community often predisposes a greater susceptibility to the type of disaster. For example, Central Pennsylvania would not be susceptible to an avalanche, however, communities in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado would have increased vulnerability.