Go to the NOAA web site linked in the BDD Information folder to learn about your BDD event. Using the information from the NOAA Web page and your textbook*, research the following points.
When and where did the BDD event occur? Explained what happened during the event.
What was the cost of the BDD event in dollars and lives?
How many BDD of this type of natural hazards have occurred over the past 20 years? Is the number increasing per year? decreasing per year? or about the same?
What has been the cumulative cost (in dollars and lives) of this type of hazard over the past 20 years?
Explain the main meteorological conditions that cause this type of natural hazard.
Which of these conditions (if any) can be affected by climate change? Explain how.
Use evidence to argue that climate change played or did not play a significant role in this natural disaster. Explain your argument.
Besides climate change, were there other natural or human factors that contributed to this BDD Event?
Explain how humans can better prepare for this type of BDD in the future.
*Unlike the Internet, the information in your textbook has been peer reviewed and fact checked. It will be your primary source of information.
Answer each bullet point and correspond with the same bullet point formatting to answer the questions. Make sure to write with factual detail and only use the textbook and NOAA web site to answer the questions.
NOAA web site link:
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/overview
Pearson link for eText (textbook):
https://plus.pearson.com/home
login information:
username kh226b@lab.icc.edu
password Blueberry13
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