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  2. Extreme weather events are forcing school closures. Experts ...

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    With the many effects of this — from families moving to children feeling too traumatized to come back — some schools are unsure how to move forward. What experts say about school disruptions

  3. Education in emergencies and conflict areas - Wikipedia

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    Increased pressure on schools and school systems that remain open: Localized school closures place burdens on schools as parents and officials redirect children to schools that are open. Dropout rates tend to rise : It is a challenge to ensure children and youth return and stay in school when schools reopen after closures.

  4. Natural disaster - Wikipedia

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    Scholars have been saying that the term natural disaster is unsuitable and should be abandoned. [3] Instead, the simpler term disaster could be used. At the same time the type of hazard would be specified. [4] [5] [6] A disaster happens when a natural or human-made hazard impacts a vulnerable community. It results from the combination of the ...

  5. Weather-related cancellation - Wikipedia

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    The criterion for a snow day is primarily the inability of school buses to operate safely on their routes and danger to children who walk to school. Often, the school remains officially open even though buses do not run and classes are cancelled. More and more schools are closing due to extreme heat, "heat days". Heat days are like snow days.

  6. Texas Tech University students learn during Disaster Day ...

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    During the event, inter-professional student teams diagnosed, treated and cared for volunteers role-playing as patients and populations affected by a disaster situation, simulating the wildfire ...

  7. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.

  8. FEMA Photo Library - Wikipedia

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    The majority of the collection is of declared disasters and there are also photographs from significant public events that have occurred on or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Since August 30, 2005, 6,098 images have been added to the collection; Hurricane Katrina has the most photographs in the collection with around 3,000 images.

  9. Category:Disasters in schools - Wikipedia

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    This category is for disasters that affected schools or other educational establishments. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.