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    Natural Disasters

    Flood and cyclone


    Lecture Objective:
    Making students aware about cause, effects and control
    of flood and cyclone
    Lecture Outcome:
    Students will learn about the types of floods, causes,
    effects and control of flood
    Students will learn about the types of cyclone, causes,
    effects and management of cyclone
    Floods
    The accumulation of a large quantity of water at a
    place or the presence of more water than can be
    handled by the drainage of the area is known as flood.
    Types of Floods
    Flash floods
    River floods
    Coastal floods
    Floods
    Flash flood
    Flash floods are defined as those flood events where the
    rise in water is either during or within a few hours of the
    rainfall that produces the rise.
    Causes of flash flood
    Dam failure
    Sudden snowmelt or thawing of glaciers
    A sudden release of water by a debris flow or ice jam
    Steeply-slopped watershed
    Flash floods
    Floods
    River flood
    A river flood occurs when a river overspills its banks;
    that is, when its flow can no longer be contained within
    its channel.
    Causes of river Floods
    Heavy rain
    Snow melt in Spring
    Deforestation
    Weather events like cyclones
    River flood
    Floods
    Coastal floods
    When a coastal process—such as waves, tides, storm
    surge, or heavy rainfall from coastal storms—produces
    that flood, it is called a coastal flood.
    Causes of coastal floods
    Rising Sea Levels
    Tsunamis
    Reclaimed Land
    Coastal floods
    Floods
    Effects of floods
    Damage to agricultural crops
    Damage to life and property
    Disturbances in transportation
    Increase in populations of disease vectors and pathogens
    Loss of biodiversity
    Economic crisis
    Floods
    Control of floods
    Plantation on slopes
    Drainage management
    Flood plain zoning
    Forecasting
    Cyclone
    In northern hemisphere, a cyclone refers to an area of
    low atmospheric pressure surrounded by a wind
    system in a counter-clockwise direction.
    Types of cyclone
    Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes, Cyclone, Typhoons and
    Tornadoes)
    Mesocyclones
    Extratropical Cyclones
    Arctic Hurricanes
    Tropical Cyclones
    Tropical Cyclone
    Mesocyclone
    Extratropical Cyclones
    Arctic Hurricanes
    Cyclone and Anticyclone
    Cyclone and hemispheres
     counterclockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere
     clockwise rotation in the Southern Hemisphere
    Cyclones
    Effects of Cyclones
     They damage installations, communication systems, trees, etc.
     Results in loss of life and property
     They may cause river floods and submergence of low-lying
    areas
    Management of Cyclones
     Proper construction of houses and Construction of cyclone
    shelters in the cyclone-prone areas
     Relief tasks
     Development of warning systems
     Community preparedness at all levels to deal with emergency
    situations

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