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2. Water damage - Wikipedia

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   Water damage describes various possible losses caused by water intruding where it will enable attack of a material or system by destructive processes such as rotting of wood, mold growth, bacteria growth, rusting of steel, swelling of composite woods, de-laminating of materials such as plywood, short-circuiting of electrical devices, etc.

3. List of disasters by cost - Wikipedia

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   This is in part due to the difficulty of measuring the financial damage in areas that lack insurance. For example, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, with a death toll of around 230,000 people, cost a 'mere' $15 billion, [1] whereas in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in which 11 people died, the damage was six times higher.

4. List of natural disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Irma caused widespread damage in Florida due to high winds and destructive floods. The Florida Keys were hit the hardest, with the vast majority of infrastructure there receiving some degree of damage, and at least 25% receiving major damage. Hurricane Irma also knocked out power to 73% of the state, or 7.7 million homes and businesses. 2017

5. Rainflow-counting algorithm - Wikipedia

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   This method considers the flow of water down of a series of pagoda roofs. Regions where the water will not flow identify the rainflow cycles which are seen as an interruption to the main cycle. Reduce the time history to a sequence of (tensile) peaks and (compressive) valleys. Imagine that the time history is a template for a rigid sheet ...

6. Water pours through Las Vegas casino after heavy rain ... - AOL

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   Water poured through the ceiling of a Las Vegas casino after heavy rain hit Nevada on Wednesday (23 August). Footage shows flooding at Harrah's Hotel & Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard South.

7. Flood insurance - Wikipedia

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   Flooding resulting from Hurricane Katrina. Nationwide, only 20 percent of American homes at risk for floods are covered by flood insurance. [2] Most private insurers do not insure against the peril of flood due to the prevalence of adverse selection, which is the purchase of insurance by persons most affected by the specific peril of flood.

8. Reconstructing the storm: How meteorologists conduct tornado ...

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   The original scale is named after Dr. Ted Fujita, who developed the system to help provide a wind estimate for the amount and type of damage that a tornado can produce. In 2007, the Enhanced ...

9. 2023 Nova Scotia floods - Wikipedia

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   Remaining high water impeded the search area, and plans were made to resume the search once the search area drained, [9] but the body was discovered on August 1st, [10] by a citizen walking their dog, approximately 75 kilometers away from the site of the disappearance. [11] Many roads, highways, driveways, and bridges were damaged or washed out.