London — the capital of Great Britain is situated on the Thames River. It is the largest city in Europe with a population of eight and a quarter million.
It is divided into four parts: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End.
The City is the business and commercial heart of Lon-don. Many banks, offices and firms are concentrated the-re. The Tower and St. Paul's Cathedral are in the centre. The Tower is about 900 years old. Many years ago it was a royal residence, then a prison. Now it is a museum. St. Paul's Cathedral is very large and fine. It was completed in 1710. The famous English architect Christopher Wren planned and built St. Paul's Cathedral.
If the City is the business part of London, Westminster is the centre of administration. We can see the Houses of Parliament there. It is a beautiful building with two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben. The Houses of Parliament stand in Parliament Square. Westminster Abbey is opposite the Houses of Parliament. Many great Englishmen were buried in Westminster Abbey. To the west of Westminster Abbey you can see Buckingham Pa-lace. It is a royal residence. The ceremony of the chan-ging of the guards which takes place in front of Bucking-ham Palace is of great interest to the tourists.
Rich people live in the West End. The best and most expensive clubs, restaurants and theatres, beautiful houses and parks are there.
The East End — the district of plants, factories, slums and docks — is for the working people. London is unlike any other city in the world. It has rather wide streets but low houses. It looks very grey because there is so much rain and fog there. Only buses and pillar-boxes are red. This city has never been planned and it has many parts which are different from each other.
Every year in this or that region there are strong floods of rivers, breakthroughs of dams and dams, earthquakes, storms and hurricanes, forest and peat fires.
Each natural disaster, accident and catastrophe has its own characteristics, the nature of the damage, the volume and scale of destruction, the magnitude of disasters and human losses. Each in its own way leaves an imprint on the environment.
Knowledge of the causes and nature of natural disasters allows, with early adoption of protection measures, with reasonable behavior of the population, to significantly reduce all types of losses.
One of the main problems that comes to the fore today is the correct forecasting of the occurrence and development of natural disasters, early warning of both the authorities and the population about the impending danger. It is very important and extremely necessary to work on the comprehensive localization of natural disasters in order to narrow the zone of destruction, to provide timely assistance to the victims.
London — the capital of Great Britain is situated on the Thames River. It is the largest city in Europe with a population of eight and a quarter million.
It is divided into four parts: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End.
The City is the business and commercial heart of Lon-don. Many banks, offices and firms are concentrated the-re. The Tower and St. Paul's Cathedral are in the centre. The Tower is about 900 years old. Many years ago it was a royal residence, then a prison. Now it is a museum. St. Paul's Cathedral is very large and fine. It was completed in 1710. The famous English architect Christopher Wren planned and built St. Paul's Cathedral.
If the City is the business part of London, Westminster is the centre of administration. We can see the Houses of Parliament there. It is a beautiful building with two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben. The Houses of Parliament stand in Parliament Square. Westminster Abbey is opposite the Houses of Parliament. Many great Englishmen were buried in Westminster Abbey. To the west of Westminster Abbey you can see Buckingham Pa-lace. It is a royal residence. The ceremony of the chan-ging of the guards which takes place in front of Bucking-ham Palace is of great interest to the tourists.
Rich people live in the West End. The best and most expensive clubs, restaurants and theatres, beautiful houses and parks are there.
The East End — the district of plants, factories, slums and docks — is for the working people. London is unlike any other city in the world. It has rather wide streets but low houses. It looks very grey because there is so much rain and fog there. Only buses and pillar-boxes are red. This city has never been planned and it has many parts which are different from each other.
ACCIDENTAL DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS
Every year in this or that region there are strong floods of rivers, breakthroughs of dams and dams, earthquakes, storms and hurricanes, forest and peat fires.
Each natural disaster, accident and catastrophe has its own characteristics, the nature of the damage, the volume and scale of destruction, the magnitude of disasters and human losses. Each in its own way leaves an imprint on the environment.
Knowledge of the causes and nature of natural disasters allows, with early adoption of protection measures, with reasonable behavior of the population, to significantly reduce all types of losses.
One of the main problems that comes to the fore today is the correct forecasting of the occurrence and development of natural disasters, early warning of both the authorities and the population about the impending danger. It is very important and extremely necessary to work on the comprehensive localization of natural disasters in order to narrow the zone of destruction, to provide timely assistance to the victims.
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