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2.
In. Noji, Eric K., ed. Impacto de los desastres en la salud pública. Bogotá.D.C, Organización Panamericana de la Salud, sept. 2000. p.229-44, ilus, mapas, tab.
Monografia em Es | Desastres | ID: des-12844
3.
In. UNESCO; World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Proceedings of the WMO/UNESCO : Sub - Forum on Science and Technology in support of Natural Disaster Reduction. s.l, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 1999. p.12-31, mapas.
Monografia em En | Desastres | ID: des-15260

RESUMO

Severe weather associated with thunderstorms (tornadoes, hail, high winds, and flash floods) is reviewed with emphasis on the processes that are responsible. The basis for forecasting severe thunderstorms in reviewed. The parts of the world that are most vulnerable to various kinds of severe weather and the nature of the threats are described. The current state of the climatology of severe thunderstorms and problems and importance of improving climatological information are described. The lack of high-quality climatological information makes it very difficult to determine differences in event occurrence during different periods of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in most of the world and almost impossible to detect changes associated with global climate change. It is argued, however, that the threats from severe thunderstorms are generally underestimated in many parts of the world. In genera, the effects of severe local storms are concentrated in a small number of events. Death tolls and damage in "average "years are typically smaller than the totals from individual events in other years. As a result, maintaining public awareness and preparedness activities is difficult since the threat of rare, extremely damaging events, is small at any individual location and time. (AU)


Assuntos
Tempestades , Tornados , Inundações , Prognóstico , Previsões , Efeitos do Clima , Meteorologia , Conceitos Meteorológicos
4.
New York; Barron's; 1999. 32 p. ilus, mapas.(Ticktock Guides : The Natural Disasters).
Monografia em En | Desastres | ID: des-13815
5.
In. Noji, Eric K., ed. The public health consecuences of disasters. New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. p.228-44, tab.
Monografia em En | Desastres | ID: des-8823
7.
Disasters ; 19(2): 170-77, 1995. ilus, mapas
Artigo em En | Desastres | ID: des-8982

RESUMO

Field surveys were made one week after tornadoes killed 40 persons and injured over 300 in rural regions of Alabama and Georgia, USA, on 27 March 1994. Surveys were completed for samples of 20 persons who were killed and 31 persons who were in the paths of the tornadoes but survived to determine whether were differences in personal characteristics, behavior or location between the two groups. Persons who died were significantly older than persons who survived, more likely to be in mobile homes or in rooms above ground with windows, less likely to be watching television before the tornado, and were aware of the approaching tornado for less time than survivors. There was no difference in gender, race, marital status, education, disability or previous experience with tornadoes between those who died and survivors (AU)


Assuntos
Tempestades Ciclônicas , Tornados , Fatores de Risco , Estados Unidos , Mortalidade , 28599
8.
In. Nemec, J; Nigg, Joanne M; Siccardi, F. Prediction and perception of natural hazards : Proceedings symposium. s.l, Holanda. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. p.65-73. (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 2).
Monografia em En | Desastres | ID: des-4689
9.
Demography ; 30(4): 623-33, 1993. tab
Artigo em En | Desastres | ID: des-7519

RESUMO

This paper offers an empirical test of the impact of human ecological patterns and other known correlates on tornado occurrence. It uses the National Severe Storms Forecast Center's information on tornadoes from 1950 through 1990 and employs ecological data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census and the Environmental Protection Agency. The results show that metropolitan and other urban counties have higher odds of tornado occurrence than rural counties, and that the probability of occurrence of tornadoes increases with increases in the number of previous tornadoes. The paper assesses the meaning of this finding for demographers, atmospheric scientists, engineers, and disaster managers.(AU)


Assuntos
Tornados , Ecologia , Atividades Humanas , Pesquisa
10.
Panamá; Panamá. Ministerio de Salud. Región Metropolitana; 9 jul. 1992. 21 p.
Não convencional em Es | Desastres | ID: des-2819
11.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Gazette ; 54(6): 1-10, Jun. 1992. ilus
Artigo em En | Desastres | ID: des-4286

RESUMO

A detailed analysis of the police response to disasters (Hagersville tire fire, Edmonton tornado) shows that a disaster is not merely a large scale emergency; it has characteristics of its own. In disaster police can be called upon to make decisions not encountered inthe normal line of duty. Good planning to work in coordination with other agencies


Assuntos
Planejamento em Desastres , Polícia e Bombeiros em Desastres , Emergências em Desastres , Incêndios , Tornados , Acidentes Aeronáuticos
12.
In. Majumdar, S.K., ed; Forbes, G.S., ed; Miller, E.W., ed; Schmalz, R.F., ed. Natural and technological disasters : Causes, effects and preventive measures. Phillipsburg, New Jersey, <The> Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 1992. p.192-207, mapas, tab.
Monografia em En | Desastres | ID: des-13704
13.
Washington, D. C; National Research Council; 1991. 59 p. mapas, Tab.(Natural Disaster Studies, 3).
Monografia em En | Desastres | ID: des-5593
14.
International Journal of Epidemiology ; 19(4): 1051-56, 1990. Tab
Artigo em En | Desastres | ID: des-2166

RESUMO

Tornadoes in North and South Carolina on 28 March 1984 caused 252 people to be injured seriously enough to require hospotalization and 59 to be killed. To evaluate risk factors, we gathered information on 238 (94


) of those hospitalized and 46 (78


) of those killed. Those hospitalized or deceased had statistically significantly more deep cuts, concussions, unconsciousness and broken bones than those with them at the time of the tornado who were not hospitalized or killed. People living in mobile homes were more likely to be hospitalized or die than people occupyng conventional houses. Other risk factors for hospitalization or death included advanced age (60+ years), no physical protection (not having been covered with a blanket or other object), having been struck by broken window glass or other falling objects, home lifted offits foundation, collapsed ceiling or floor, or walls blown away. More awareness of the tornado risk before it strikes and better adherence to tornado protection guidelines could reduce injuries and deaths in the future (AU)


Assuntos
Tornados , Fatores de Risco , Pesquisa , Estados Unidos
15.
Artigo em En | Desastres | ID: des-12389

RESUMO

Hurricane Gilbert (1988) impacted Jamaica and, in Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula (states of Yucation and Quintana Roo), and Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Campeche. It caused billions of dollars of damage. The local disaster plan (PLAN DEN-III-E "CANCUN" 1986) is a 45 page document divided in four chapters. The first chapter describes the characteristics of the meteorological and hydrological hazards threatening the municipality. It includes consideration of the problem of high winds, the rise of the sea level (marea de tormenta), high waves, and flooding. The second chapter presents the definition of technical terms used in the description of tropical cyclones. The third chapter describes the preparations that people should take in anticipation of the tropical cyclone season (from July-October, inclusive). The fourth chapter summarizes what people should do after the storm has passed. This official plan has at least two major drawbacks. The first is that it presents too much information about tangential matters and insufficient information about what are or should be central concerns of local disaster managers. The plan presents a general description applicable to all local areas at risk of tropical cyclones, but it never relates this general information to the Municipality of Benito Juarez. Thus, the plan describes in technical terms the physical reasons for the rise in sea level brought about by cyclones; the speed and effect of high winds; the different categories of cyclones in accordance to the Saffir/Simpson scale; the direct, indirect, and intangible losses occasioned by hurricanes; the three types of tropical storm warnings (vigilancia, aviso, alerta). Absent from the report, however, is a detailed analysis of the physical layout of the land and sea, the human ecology of Cancun and its environs, and the probable ways hurricanes of various sizes will affect it


Assuntos
Tempestades Ciclônicas , Desastre Meteorológico , Vento , 34661 , Participação da Comunidade , México , Análise de Vulnerabilidade , Tsunamis , Tsunamis , Inundações , Tornados
17.
Artigo em En | Desastres | ID: des-14237

RESUMO

Most of problematic features of the organizational response to the West Memphis tornado relate directly or indirectly to the fundamental lack of emergency planning in Crittenden County and in West Memphis. Crittenden County has a paper plan -but it is just that and little more. The concept of planning as a continuous and perpetual social and organizational process is absent here. Despite the low death toll, the organizational response to the West Memphis tornado reaffirms the need for a dynamic planning process, complete with periodic updating, simulations, and most importantly, the active participation of all local emergency relevant organizations.(AU)


Assuntos
Tornados , Planejamento em Desastres , Organização Comunitária , Arkansas , Organização e Administração , Estratégias de Saúde Locais , Estados Unidos
18.
In. Baskett, Peter, ed; Weller, Robin, ed. Medicine for disasters. London, WRIGHT, 1988. p.219-307, ilus, tab.
Monografia em En | Desastres | ID: des-13472
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