Search
Results for " heat wave "
Displaying 15 of about 254 resultsDiscussions have been going on regarding emergency response and disaster prevention plans over potential future disasters in Thailand, following coastal residents' panic in the wake of the 8.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on April 11. "We are worried. Many of us have raised the issue of safety measures and early warning systems," Sout…
… tsunami and storms, the creation of habitable space and wave energy conversion into sustainable electricity. In this … document, the author proposes a dual purpose breakwater-wave energy converter (BWEC), which acts as breakwater during … a year, and under normal weather conditions can convert wave energy to electricity. This document is an input paper …
… demand prediction difficult. The study utilizes a three-wave panel data analysis comprising two sets of household … demand prediction difficult. The study utilizes a three-wave panel data analysis comprising two sets of household …
… process for severe weather threats and extreme conditions (heat wave, cold wave, drought, storm surge, avalanches, flooding.) … process for severe weather threats and extreme conditions (heat wave, cold wave, drought, storm surge, avalanches, …
… A sudden heat wave and resulting flooding could be disastrous for … preventable and unacceptable disaster'. … A sudden heat wave and resulting flooding could be disastrous for …
… as earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; … earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; …
… and climatologically induced hazards such as drought, heat wave, cold wave, flood, hailstorm, untimely and incessant … and climatologically induced hazards such as drought, heat wave, cold wave, flood, hailstorm, untimely and …
… "no longer optional", she noted. Earthquakes, floods, a heat-wave and cold-wave were among the 373 natural disasters … in Haiti killed over 222,500 people in January, and a heat wave in the Russian summer caused around 56,000 …
… of climate extremes: A case study for the Russian heat wave and Pakistan flood in summer 2010 • Hybrid GPS-Seismic … of climate extremes: A case study for the Russian heat wave and Pakistan flood in summer 2010 • Hybrid …
… flood, storm surge, thunderstorm, tornado, landslide, heat wave, structural collapse and fire. … […] “Earthquakes turn … flood, storm surge, thunderstorm, tornado, landslide, heat wave, structural collapse and fire. …
… that are generated when an earthquake occurs. The first wave, the 'P' wave, is a very fast moving non-damaging compression wave. The second wave is the 'S' wave or shear wave and it is …
… occurs it produces two types of seismic waves, P-wave and S-wave. P-wave travels much faster than S-wave. But, the latter causes …
… NASA and European radar satellites captured at least two wave fronts that day. The fronts merged to form a single, double-high wave far out at sea. This wave was capable of traveling long distances without losing …
… could shake for up to six minutes—it could unleash a wave “on the order of 90 feet,” Goldfinger told me. But how would we know this wave is coming? Most of the U.S. early-warning sensors sit … the coastline and that array of tsunami sensors. So any wave would have to travel out to sea before it could be …
… was able to wreck such devastation. But a new analysis of wave data by researchers at Brunel University London has … 8.4 or 8.5 to trigger such a large tsunami – at peak the wave reached 11 metres. Secondly, the mechanism of the … “This is confusing as we’d have therefore expected a wave of only 1 or 2 metres from a Sulawesi-style earthquake.” …