Floods
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Human changes to the environment often increase the intensity and frequency of flooding, for example land use changes such as deforestation and removal of wetlands, changes in waterway course such as with levees, and larger environmental issues such as climate change and sea level rise. Floods …
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GALA: Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action · 2024 English
In this issue of The GALA Times we go back to the late 1980s, a time of conflict, uprising and hope. [...] Also, there is still a large portion of …
culprits of these seemingly biblical droughts, floods and locust infestations are cooped up in their …
Laws.Africa · 5 September 2022 English
low baseflows, with minor floods of 40 to 80 x 106 m3. The most severe floods (120 to 160 x 106 m3) ever … dry periods interspersed with frequent episodic floods. Elevated salinity (42 ‰) has been recorded in … regulation Protection from natural disasters such as floods and coastal storms Bank protection Protection … as far as the head of the estuary except during floods. A series of surveys dating back to the late 1970s …
Laws.Africa · 5 August 2022 English
..............36 1.5 Veld and forest fires and floods............................................... …
Laws.Africa · 16 May 2022 English
dangerous substance, causing of fire, explosions or floods, the effect of which is to endanger human life …
Laws.Africa · 25 February 2022 English
PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF (FLOODS) (DISASTER DECLARATION) NOTICE,, 2022 WHEREAS floods have occurred in such … parts thereof as may have been affected by the floods, and shal] apply to the exigencies arising from …
Laws.Africa · 21 December 2021 English
prevailing environmental conditions (drought, floods, bush-fires) should guide the parties in adjusting …
Laws.Africa · 3 December 2021 English
response on terrorism, technological hazards, floods, fire and fire-fighting skills. 140. To promote …
Laws.Africa · 1 December 2021 English
category for national emergencies such as droughts and floods. Requirements for allocation of funds for charities … purpose of national emergencies such as droughts and floods. (2) Subject to section 45(1) of the Act, a body … Purpose and National Emergencies e.g. droughts and floods (Section 44(3) (d) of the Act) 2. This application …
Laws.Africa · 26 November 2021 English
interior. It is likely that we will have more frequent floods and droughts. South Africa is highly susceptible … vulnerability and the predictions for increased floods and droughts. All South Africans, including the …
Laws.Africa · 28 October 2021 English
COVID-19 pandemic, invasion of desert locusts and floods. It is estimated that Kenya’s economic growth …
