Sentence examples for disaster regions from inspiring English sources
One of the problems of using appropriate technology in disaster regions is that bricklayers in Haiti don't know of innovations that might have been pioneered in remote parts of Africa, a problem that Akvo is trying to solve with regard to water.
Pipelines in geological disaster regions typically suffer the risk of local buckling failure because of slender structure and complex load.
Modified civilian drones today are capable of navigating denied spaces, seeking targets based on facial recognition and delivering lethal force, all using the same tools and technology behind built by universities and companies for helpful tasks like aid delivery to disaster regions.
In some cases, HIU staff travel to disaster regions; analysts working in Washington, D.C., also create unclassified maps and reports that other agencies can use to respond to disasters, such as the recent flooding in southwestern Africa and last May's earthquake in China.
It helps to understand the characteristics of disaster damage, provides an objective assessment of the social impacts of disasters, helps to guide rescue and relief operations, and forms the basis for the planning of recovery and reconstruction in disaster regions, as well as for the development of plans to prevent and mitigate future disasters.
In the Regulation of the Buildings to be Constructed in Disaster Regions (Trianafillou 1998), there is the condition that if FRP is used in the form of plates the span between the axes of plates (s f ) will be smaller than the sum of plate width (w f ) and one-fourth of the useful beam height (d) (w f + d/4) (Trianafillou 1998).
Eleven emergency headquarters have been set up in the disaster region.
He declared Lima a "disaster region". The period of national mourning began today.
The logistics firms DHL and TNT are providing transport in or to the disaster region.
"Our relief efforts include everything that would apply in an officially declared disaster region".
Relief efforts are underway, with more than 2,500 troops dispatched to the disaster region, Xinhua said.
