Egidijus Preikšas

Coastal flooding: transient and permanent

Coastal flooding: transient and permanent

Fifty percent of the US population lives near the coast and fastgrowing Third World populations show strong migratory tendencies towards coastal plain

Tornadoes: the most violent of all atmospheric phenomena

Tornadoes: the most violent of all atmospheric phenomena

Tornadoes are an excellent example of an intense, rapid-onset small-scale hazard of short duration. Because windspeeds of

Tropical Cyclones

Tropical Cyclones

Tropical cyclones, known as hurricanes in the Atlantic and eastern and central Pacific, typhoons in the western North Pacific, and simply tropical cyclones elsewhere, are some of the most potentially

Environmental Hazards in the 1990s

Environmental Hazards in the 1990s

The United Nations has declared the 1990s the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). The unanimous passage of general Assembly re

The mythology of geography tells of a lost book

The mythology of geography tells of a lost book. Recently, I came across a crumbling fragment of an account of its origins and rewriting. Here is all there was. On reading it, it struck me that is was written as