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The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established with the goal "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." [1] Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc., [2] the foundation is the administrator and sponsor of the National Book Awards, a set of literary awards inaugurated in 1936 and continuous from 1950.
Flood mitigation is a related but separate concept describing a broader set of strategies taken to reduce flood risk and potential impact while improving resilience against flood events. As climate change has led to increased flood risk an intensity, flood management is an important part of climate change adaptation and climate resilience .
2015 Assam floods were floods in the Indian state of Assam which were triggered by heavy rainfall at the end of August in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh state through Brahmaputra river and its tributaries. The floods are reported to have caused the deaths of 42 people and numerous landslides, road blockages and affected 16.5 lakh people in 21 ...
The 2020 Karachi floods (Urdu: سيلاب کراچی ) were the worst flooding Karachi had seen in almost a century, and killed at least 41 people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The floods were caused by record monsoon rains from 24 to 27 August, [ 4 ] which were inadequately drained by poorly maintained drainage systems in the city.
The Agnes Floods. Report for the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. White, G.F., W.C. Ackermann and E.B. Worthington (eds.). 1973. Man-made Lakes: Their Problems and Environmental Effects. Geophysical ...
One of the most commonly used words to describe the erratic nature of the monsoon is "vagaries", used in newspapers, [17] magazines, [18] books, [19] web portals [20] to insurance plans, [21] and India's budget discussions. [22] In some years, it rains too much, causing floods in parts of India; in others, it rains too little or not at all ...
It received the assent of the President of India on 9 January 2006. The Act calls for the establishment of a National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), with the Prime Minister of India as chairperson. The NDMA has no more than nine members at a time, including a Vice-Chairperson. The tenure of the members of the NDMA is 5 years.
At least three books have won two National Book Awards. Dates are award years. John Clive, Thomas Babington Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian; 1974 Biography; 1974 History. Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard; 1979 Contemporary Thought; 1980 General Nonfiction, Paperback. Lewis Thomas, The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher