With the acceleration of global climate change and urbanization, natural disasters are becoming a serious challenge faced by people through social and economic development. ... Another, more integrated definition of flooding is "a ordinary and temporary situation of partial or complete inundation of commonly dry land areas from spills over of inland or caudal waters from the different and fast accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source" (Applying Geoscience to Australia's Most Important Challenges, Australian Government Geoscience). ... They can also consequence fr...

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It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. ... The poet finds himself lost in a dark wood in front of a mountain, assailed by three beasts (a lion, a lonza [usually rendered as "leopard" or "leopon"], and a she-wolf), he cannot evade. ... After passing through the "vestibule," Dante and Virgil reach the ferry that will take them across the river Acheron and to Hell proper. ... Virgil then guides Dante through the nine circles of Hell. ... What the three beasts may represent has been the subject of much controversy over the cent...

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