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2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, the Glossary

On the morning of August 14, 2017, significant mudflow events occurred in and around the capital city of Freetown in Sierra Leone.^[1]

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ACAPS

ACAPS is a non-profit, non-governmental project that provides international, independent humanitarian analysis.

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Africa Research Institute

The Africa Research Institute (ARI) is an independent not-for-profit think-tank based in the United Kingdom.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Cholera vaccine

A cholera vaccine is a vaccine that is effective at reducing the risk of contracting cholera.

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The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) is a United States federal agency that is one of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, which are a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Deforestation

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.

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Direct Relief

Direct Relief (formerly known as Direct Relief International) is a nonprofit humanitarian organization whose mission is to improve the lives of people in poverty or emergency situations by providing the appropriate medical resources.

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Eastern Province (Kenya)

The Eastern Province (Mashariki) of Kenya was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya.

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Ernest Bai Koroma

Ernest Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953) is a Sierra Leonean politician who served as the fourth President of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007 to 4 April 2018.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Floodplain

A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river.

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Freetown

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. 2017 Sierra Leone mudslides and Freetown are Western Area.

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.

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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 191 member National Societies.

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International Organization for Migration

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations related organization working in the field of migration.

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Mass grave

A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial.

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Mass wasting

Mass wasting, also known as mass movement, is a general term for the movement of rock or soil down slopes under the force of gravity.

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Moratorium (law)

A moratorium is a delay or suspension of an activity or a law.

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Mudflow

A mudflow, also known as mudslide or mud flow, is a form of mass wasting involving fast-moving flow of debris and dirt that has become liquified by the addition of water.

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National Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.

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Portable water purification

Portable water purification devices are self-contained, easily transported units used to purify water from untreated sources (such as rivers, lakes, and wells) for drinking purposes.

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Reforestation

Reforestation is the practice of restoring previously existing forests and woodlands that have been destroyed or damaged.

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Regent, Sierra Leone

Regent is a mountainous town in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. 2017 Sierra Leone mudslides and Regent, Sierra Leone are Western Area.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa.

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Sierra Leone Civil War

The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government.

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Sierra Leone Red Cross Society

Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) was established in 1962 by an act of the Parliament of Sierra Leone and is a national society.

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Sierra Leonean leone

The leone is the currency of Sierra Leone.

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Slope stability

Slope stability refers to the condition of inclined soil or rock slopes to withstand or undergo movement; the opposite condition is called slope instability or slope failure.

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Soil erosion

Soil erosion is the denudation or wearing away of the upper layer of soil.

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Sugar Loaf (Freetown)

Sugar Loaf is a forested mountain in the Western Area of Sierra Leone in west Africa. 2017 Sierra Leone mudslides and Sugar Loaf (Freetown) are Western Area.

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Surface runoff

Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow).

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Swiss franc

The Swiss franc, or simply the franc (Swiss German; franc; franco; franc), is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

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Tropical monsoon climate

An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category Am.

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Trudy Morgan

Trudy Morgan (born 1966) is a civil engineer of Sierra Leone heritage.

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Tzu Chi

The Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation (reason|l.

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UNICEF

UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

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United Nations Office for Project Services

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a United Nations agency dedicated to implementing humanitarian and development projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners around the world, with a focus on infrastructure, procurement and project management The organization's global headquarters is located at the UN City campus in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime) is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations Office at Vienna, adopting the current name in 2002.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Sierra_Leone_mudslides

Also known as 2017 Freetown mudslide, 2017 Regent mudslide, 2017 Regent mudslides, 2017 Sierra Leone mudslide, Sierra Leone mudslide, Sierra Leone mudslides.

2017 Sierra Leone mudslides, the Glossary

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See also

2017 in Sierra Leone

August 2017 events in Africa

Disasters in Sierra Leone

Freetown

Landslides in 2017

Landslides in Africa

Western Area

References