Showing posts from April, 2023
March 29, 2023: The heavy rainfall caused a lot of destruction in Hyderabad, with Nallakunta being the most affected area. The incomplete construction of the Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP) resulted in the overflowing…
March 30, 2023: The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a 3.7 magnitude earthquake occurring at 2:06 p.m. Pacific time on Saturday, with its epicenter located two miles from Calexico, California. The earthquake was felt in areas …
March 30, 2023: An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale hit the Jammu and Kashmir region on Sunday morning, as confirmed by the National Center for Seismology. The earthquake occurred at 5:15 am and had a depth of 5 km. …
Floodplains are areas adjacent to bodies of water that are periodically flooded during high-flow events. These regions have been attractive for their fertile soil, access to water, and transportation routes. However, they are als…
Irrigation is a crucial agricultural practice, but it can also lead to soil salinization (Johnson et al., 2020). Flood irrigation, where water is applied to an entire field, can dissolve and transport salts to the root zone, caus…
Scientific studies have confirmed that earthquakes are not directly caused by flooding; instead, they result from the movement of tectonic plates and faults within the Earth's crust (USGS, 2021). However, flooding can still h…
Here are some of the best natural disaster movies currently available on Amazon Prime: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - In this disaster epic, a sudden onset of global cooling leads to catastrophic weather events that force a cl…
Here are some of the best natural disaster documentaries currently available on Netflix: Chasing Coral - This documentary explores the devastating effects of climate change on coral reefs around the world, including coral bleac…
Here are ten Hollywood movies on natural disasters that you might enjoy: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - This film depicts a climatologist who must save his son and his friends from a sudden onset of global cooling that leads to…
The Philippines is frequently struck by natural disasters due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire and the regular occurrence of typhoons (Barbosa, 2019). These disasters have included earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, lan…
From December 2022 to March 2023, California experienced a lot of rain which led to floods in different areas of the state as well as nearby states like Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. The floods caused significant damage to property …
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude hit southern Ecuador on March 18, 2023. The earthquake's epicenter was located off the coast of the canton of Balao, about 80 kilometers south of Guayaquil, with a hypocenter dept…
On March 21, 2023, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 hit Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan, at an intermediate depth of about 187 km (116 mi). The epicenter of the earthquake was located 40 km (25 mi) south-southeast of Jurm…
On February 6, 2023, an earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude hit southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border. This was followed by another earthquake measuring 7.5 magnitude around 59 miles southwest nine hours later. The earthquake…