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2 unusual facts about natural disaster


Natural disaster

According to the Toba catastrophe theory 75,000 to 80,000 years ago a super volcanic event at Lake Toba reduced the human population to 10,000 or even 1,000 breeding pairs creating a bottleneck in human evolution.

Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act

The purpose of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act is “to improve the Nation’s public health and medical preparedness and response capabilities for emergencies, whether deliberate, accidental, or natural.”


1453 Yellow River flood

The 1453 Yellow River flood was a natural disaster in the area surrounding Shawan in Shandong, China, during the Ming dynasty.


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1997 Merced River flood

The flood stands as arguably the park's worst natural disaster to date (some would give this designation to the rockfall of 1996 or wildfire of 2013), and inarguably the worst flood in park history.

Carl H. Freeman

He holds the Ford Foundation-Harvard University Innovations in American Government Award and the Organization of American States Medal for distinguished service in the areas of humanitarian de-mining and natural disaster assistance.

Chicago flood

Since it occurred near Tax Day, the IRS granted natural disaster extensions to those affected.

Collins, Mississippi

Duryea, Pennsylvania, which had experienced similar flooding as the result of Hurricane Agnes in 1972, sought a town similar in size and demographics to "adopt" and help rebuild after the devastation wrought by the largest natural disaster in the history of the town.

GEOLibrary

In January 2010, in response to the Haiti earthquake, the GeoLibrary and the Pan American Health Organization (“PAHO”) coordinated a request for natural disaster-related training materials from the Network of Collaborating Centres.

Glenda Braganza

She most recently starred as Gina Green in the Hollywood made-for-television film 10.5: Apocalypse, which was about a natural disaster to hit the United States; it starred Dean Cain and Beau Bridges.

Joseph Troski

As resident Composer and Sound Designer of Deep Ellum Ensemble Theater Company, Joseph Troski has scored multiple works for the stage including Dr. Tedrow's Last Breath an original play written and directed by Matthew Earnest about the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, “The Great Storm” of 1900 in Galveston, Texas which destroyed the city and claimed 8000 lives, with choreography by Tina Fehlandt, a founding member of the world-renowned Mark Morris Dance Group.

June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms

The New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma, declared a natural disaster for the affected areas.

Kirchseeon

The community grew quickly once the surrounding woodlands fell victim to a natural disaster in 1889 in the form of a nun moth infestation.

Natural hazard

A lahar is a type of natural disaster closely related to a volcanic eruption, and involves a large amount of material originating from an eruption of a glaciated volcano, including mud from the melted ice, rock, and ash sliding down the side of the volcano at a rapid pace.

Sakurajima

In light of the dangers it presents to nearby populations, Sakurajima was designated a Decade Volcano in 1991, identifying it as worthy of particular study as part of the United Nations' International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.

Shanti Wintergate

After a couple of years of hiatus and traveling on tour with her husband, Shanti partnered with Canadian producer Chris Wardman (Blue Peter) and engineer Brad Haehnel to create what would become "Stranger Days" and "Stranger Days Stripped." Since then, Shanti has released a number of singles, appeared as songwriter/producer on Greg Attonito's solo debut "Natural Disaster" and become an active member of the "Magic Monday" sessions with Noise Alchemy.

Tsugaru Nobuaki

During his reign, Tsugaru domain was plagued with one natural disaster after another, with flooding followed by drought, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions (by Mount Iwaki and other volcanoes in Hokkaidō), inclement weather, and repeated crop failures, which led to widespread famine and disease.