Manual Desastre Natural ( Ingles)

The Manual Of Natural Disaster
The Flood

What is a flood?
Is a Natural Disaster, A flood is the occupation on the part of the water of zones that habitually are free of this one, well foroverflowing of rivers and boulevards for torrential rains or I thaw, or seas for increase of the tides over the habitual level or for avalanches caused by tidal waves.
The fluvial floods are naturalprocesses that have taken place periodically and that have been the cause of the formation of the flatness in the vales of the rivers, fertile grounds where traditionally the agriculture has developed invegas and banks.
In the coastal zones the embates of the sea have served to shape the coasts and to create swampy zones as lagoons and lagoons that, after his occupation atópica, have turned intovulnerable zones.
The principal cause of the fluvial floods the intense rains are usually that, the gravity depends on the region, which will take place according to diverse meteorological factors.
Thehurricanes are a Caribbean version of the typhoons, which asolan temporarily the region of the Gulf of Mexico causing floods for the waves, of up to eight meters, associated with the strong winds, andfor the intense rains motivated by the same thermal fall. Also the tropical thunderstorms usually cause very strong rains.

What we can do to reduce the effects of the floods?
We must bedependent on the news of the Meteorological Institute, since they can inform us how much time the rains will last. Often it is possible to know when it goes away to flood the community, and there is time tobe prepared.
What to do before, during and after the flood?
Before: Identify a route of evacuation, and other alternative routes.Have the surest route situated to come to some hostel.Investigateif his property is in a zone of possible floods or if it has been flooded in advance. If you are like that, have a stock of materials of construction for emergencies. This includes terciada wood,...