New Orleans is bracing for Hurricane Harvey — the worst rainstorm in US history — with flash flood warningsLeanna Garfield
Floods are one of nature's scariest natural disasters, and the worst floods in history have swept millions to their doom. People killed in floods often drown, but that is not the only source of death. A lot of fatalities are caused by the aftermath of the flood. Starvation due to famine...
“If we rely on relatively short-term records, we can’t say what a ‘one-in-200 year’ flood is – and therefore our resilient infrastructure may not be so resilient after all,” said Professor Mark Macklin. “This has profound implications for flood planning and climate adaptation policy....
As the Category 3 hurricane reached the city, water topped over its systems of levees causing them to break and the streets to flood. Eventually, 80 percent of New Orleans was underwater. Katrina left residents who couldn't — or chose not to — evacuate stranded in their homes with ...
There’s something about Minot that I’m always going to carry with me. When it got hit last year by the worst flooding in its history there was this feeling of helplessness. You just watched this water slowly rise and flood the city. It was he
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This typhoon was the worst___(nature) disaster in the history of the US. Some countries would be___(flood) if sea level around the world rose. The young man was hurt___(bad) in the traffic accident. The villager was happy because he found that man was still___(live). In our co...
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($6 billion in 2010 USD) in damage. Heavy criticism of FEMA followed. Jesse Jackson, for example,complained to FEMA Director James Lee Witt on CNN, saying, “It seemed there was preparation for Hurricane Floyd, but then came Flood Floyd. Bridges are overwhelmed, levees are overwhelmed, ...